🦉 Fall Owl Art Project – Exploring Warm Colors & Texture! 🍁
This week in the art room, our young artists created adorable fall owls perched on colorful autumn branches, inspired by an Instagram post by @sv.artroom. This project allowed students to experiment with paint, learn art vocabulary, and practice cutting and assembling shapes.
Materials
Jack Richeson paint, My favorite paintbrushes, fave pencils, oil pastels, 90lb paper, scissors, and glue
Day 1: Warm Colors + Painting the Background
We began by talking about warm colors—red, orange, and yellow—and how they remind us of fall leaves and cozy autumn weather. Students used paint to create a tree trunk with branches and added dabs of warm color to represent leaves in the background.
We also discussed texture and how artists can make surfaces look rough, smooth, fuzzy, or patterned. Students painted a separate sheet of brown paper with layered brushstrokes to create a feathery texture for the owl’s body. This was a great way to explore how paint can be used to make patterns and movement.
Day 2: Building the Owl
On the second day, students transformed their painted papers into an owl. They cut out the body from their textured brown paper and glued it onto the background. Then we created the owl’s:
Students practiced cutting circles, triangles, and curves—wonderful fine motor skills disguised as creative fun. They used shape tracers from amazon and I made owl tracers for them.
What We Learned
✅ Warm vs. cool colors
✅ How to create texture with paint
✅ Cutting & gluing skills
✅ Following multi-step directions
✅ That art can be built in layers—just like real artists do!
The Finished Result
Each owl turned out full of personality—some are curious, some are silly, and some look very wise. No two owls are the same, and that’s what makes art amazing!
🦉🍂 We are so proud of our young artists and their colorful fall owls. Stay tuned for more creative adventures in the art room!
