Birds with Printmaking

I taught the elementary students how to be a shape detective when learning to draw birds this week. Looking at photographs, students drew the basic shapes on a dry erase board for practice.  They then connected with lines that made the outside shape of the bird.  They will use this method later as well when they learn to draw animals from magazine images.  After practicing a few different varieties of birds, they drew one on paper.  They used this to trace onto a foam printing plate.  They did need to go back and press in their lines again with the dull pencil to get a good impression before adding the ink. 

We then used white printmaking ink on black paper...the results are awesome!