4th grade cardinals

The 4th graders study Ohio history and Ohio animals in the classroom. In art class we looked at photographs of Cardinals, our state bird (also my favorite baseball team, but that's beside the point) we looked at male Cardinals with their bright red feathers and how they stand out particularly in the winter with a white snowy backdrop. We drew a cardinal and branches on turquoise paper, painted with tempera and added snow using white oil pastel. They all turned out great and the staff has been impressed with just how fantastic the are. :)