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First, have students draw wacky birds in their sketchbooks.
Give them plenty of time to try out several birds.
You can get the drawing sheet on Expressive Monkey’s Website, and the Roll & Draw sheet is in Expressive Monkey’s Roll & Draw Collection.
You will find a very simple version of Wacky Birds in Expressive Monkey’s ABC Art Book.
They taped the body shape down, then placed the contact paper eyes. I suggested that it might look interesting to have one of the eyes sticking out past the body shape. Some students did this, and some made both eyes stick out past the body shape.
Then they colored the edge of the body shape with chalk pastels and blended the pastel towards the middle with a paper towel.
They took the body-shaped paper and contact paper off when they finished.
I sprayed the pastel with fixative between art classes.
They used markers to add the eyes, wings, tails, legs, and toppers.
They also added background details, such as a branch or nest.
Students used colored pencils to add color to the background details.
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