For John James Audubon, painting began as a hobby. His major interest was studying birds. He was the first person to track the habits of birds by tying string around their ankles.
When you go to the zoo, you will notice that many of the animals have tags somewhere, maybe clipped to their ears or attached around their legs. Audubon began this.
3rd Graders took a close look at John James Audubon style and body of work. No one before him him had captured birds in with such likeness and detail. Students were asked...
Why do you think that is? How do you think he was able to accomplish this?
To create our Audubon inspired artwork our 3rd grade artists utilizes a number of art techniques such as crayon rubbings, painting, drawing, printmaking and collage. Students were able to choose from photos of indigenous North East birds as their subjects...they even worked in the Learning Commons with Mrs. Valleca to research and learn some facts about the birds they chose!
