Tin foil Owls

Year 4 students worked this term on a artwork which involved learning how to draw an owl and the process of using tin foil.

Once the preliminary sketches had been completed the students enlarged their owls onto cardboard in pencil.  They used PVA thick glue to cover the lines and this was left to dry.  

The next session involved placing glue all over the cardboard and carefully placing a piece of tin foil over the top.  They then used a cotton bud to carefully push the tin foil down around the  PVA glue.

The next step was to use a blunt pencil and add patterns to all spaces.  Once this was done we added shoe polish.  The application  of the shoe polish was easy but determining the right timing to wipe it off was more difficult.

I decided to have the students use felt pens to add some colour on the leaves, bark , eyes of the owl and beak.