4th Grade Michigan Bird Paintings

These tempera paintings are of non-migrating Michigan birds. We started with a list and some research on those particular birds. I demonstrated drawing one of the birds and we created a sketch in our sketchbooks. Next we drew in pencil on our final paper, making sure to create an interesting background and our bird large enough so that it could be our focal point. Students learned some paintbrush techniques for creating texture and mixing colors and they turned out phenomenal!

Here are a few from Mrs. Essenmacher's class...