OWL in a TREE Visual Art Drawing Project for a Wax Resist Painting Lesson
Owl in a Tree art activity is a wonderful project to connect with popular themes around birds, animals, habitats and Earth Day. As students learn about owls, they can share their understanding through creating bright artwork. This step-by-step multi-lesson guide teaches students about the art technique of wax resist painting, and explores the elements of art concepts for Line, Shape, Space and Texture. Using oil pastels and liquid water paints, students in mid and upper elementary will enjoy making their personal version of this striking Owl artwork, guided by the instructions in the PDF slideshow. Makes strong connections to Inquiry themes related to Sharing the Planet (IB PYP).
This is a new product so please enjoy this review for another oil pastel project in my store:
Art Element of SHAPE with ANTONI GAUDI STAINED GLASS art project 2nd - 4th grade - available HERE
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ "Great lesson, and engaging for students. They enjoyed the project and the lesson was well put together.
This product is a non-editable PDF presentation, that demonstrates every step. It includes slides on:
- What is Wax Resist?
- Art History - John Singer Sargent
- Materials list
- Reference images
- Drawing guide
- Wax guide
- Painting guide
- Detailing guide
- Bonus extension ideas for early finishers or if you have extra time
- Step by step instructions and sequence photos of the process
- Self assessment and reflection sheets
- Assessment guidance
This PDF has been designed in landscape format so that it is easily shared on a large screen with your students. Created for students aged 8+, this lesson plan is aimed at 3rd grade to 5th grade students.
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❤️ How will this resource help busy classroom teachers, who are nervous about teaching art?
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This lesson comes as a full colour PDF teacher guide, with a 47+ slide deck, to share on your large screen with your students.
All project steps are clearly explained and photographed, from start to finish, giving you the confidence to deliver quality visual art lessons for multi-day projects, to your students. Why exhaust yourself teaching 1 day lessons. Save those for your early finishers and make the shift to comprehensive, quality learning practise.
Use in a series of consecutive lessons, while encouraging students to follow choice options along the way and create their unique artwork, and be guided through their learning by the information in the slideshow.
❤️ All the materials & skills are also clearly listed for you. It’s like having an art specialist with you in your classroom.
The PDF slides are intentionally designed in landscape orientation, to share with your students. This extra visual support will prove useful, particularly for young learners, and will also save you from having to repeat the same instructions, over and over again.
Select VIEW > enter full screen for presentation mode. Then use the arrow keys on your keyboard to drive a smooth slideshow experience, like a pro :)
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⏰ How long will this project take to finish?
These lessons and art project can be completed in 4-6 lessons, depending on the age and skill of students and the size of paper /media/ style you or your students choose.
Chunk into smaller manageable lessons, as needed.
For more Owl themed art projects, please view the following lesson options:
1. Winter Art project SNOWY OWL Painting lesson with VIDEO guide 4th - 7th grade
2. PRINCIPLE of ACHROMATIC CONTRAST in Art VIDEO GUIDED Drawing tutorials 4th - 7th (includes Owl, Tiger and Moth)
3. CLAY OWL Sculpture Art Project Visual Guide for slab building skills lesson
4. OWL with PLAY DOUGH Art Activity Visual Guide Skills Builder for CLAY
- available HERE (a great early finisher activity to have up your sleeve)
Teacher feedback for WINTER OWLS Video guided lesson
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❤️ So what is special about this resource?
OWL IN A TREE Drawing and Painting Lesson is NOT a superficial art or craft option. As a specialist in this field, I write lessons that encourage deeper, cross-curricular learning and make meaningful connections to other subject areas. This IS:
- a guided tutorial that includes the concepts of line, shape and patterns (Math),
- makes links to the concept of animals and habitats (Sharing The Planet - IB).
- makes cross-curricular links to Conservation and Earth Day
Students can express their unique ideas through personal choices and modifications, while working through the guided project. Pause the presentation in places to discuss next steps with students, check understanding and explore potential student responses or modifications, bringing personal creative ideas to the tutorial. This addresses the Viewing & Responding to artwork objectives in a purposeful way.
✅ What knowledge, techniques and skills will my students learn from this art tutorial?
- Learn to compose with shapes & lines
- Gain knowledge about art techniques and media
- Gain knowledge about Patterning with Line & Shape to create visual texture
- Follow a tutorial for guidance - listening skills, visual discrimination, sequencing
- Develop fine-motor & technical skills for using a range of art tools and media
- Respond to art created by artists and by other students
- Reflect on own knowledge, skills, progress and artwork - using the included student sheets
✅ That sounds great! So what about the Visual Art focus in this lesson?
- Work with the art elements of LINES, SHAPES, TEXTURE, SPACE etc.
- Explore the design principles of REPETITION, PATTERN & VARIETY
- Build skills for both observational & guided drawing
- Explore art making that expresses new learning
- Build skills for using a range of techniques and media
- Stretch & Explore (Studio Habits)
- Develop Craft, Engage & Persist, Express ideas (Studio Habits)
- Reflect (Studio Habits) on personal development as an artist
- Include ideas from your own personal culture
- Make connections between culture, our planet and art to understand the art community (Studio Habits)
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