Animals in sweaters

First characters of my Ugly Sweaters Serie : Bernard the Bear, Felix the Fox and Howard the Hipster Owl. It started off as a Christmas Card idea: I want... Ugly Sweaters Series: Bernard, Felix and Howard

Awwww. Can they get any cuter?

These beauties were done by my 7-13 year olds. I'm so proud of these! This was our final project in our 'pen and line illustration' unit. Students chose a photograph of an animal and drew it using the pen and line techniques we had learned in the previous two classes. Students first mapped out the features and basic shapes of their animals, in order to draw it as realistically as possible. Students carefully observed the changes in tone and used appropriate line techniques to create lighter…

Instead of caving to the media's portrayal of possums as terrifying rat-like trash burglars, let this collection of adorable possum pictures change ...

Here's another great idea from Art Room Britt! Their bears looked so fun and cute, I thought they'd be a great thing to do with just a few days left until break! I did these with 2nd grade (normally our rowdiest grade besides 5th) and they were quiet as church mice!! That's unheard of, this time of year! They loved drawing out the bears and adding the details to their sweater! Each one was cute, and unique! Here's how we created ours! Materials: 9x12" 80lb paper Crayola markers Mr. Sketch…

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