Contour Line Bird Cage

Fold paper down middle hot dog. 

Fold the paper a bit from bottom horizontally. 

Fold it again horizontally about 5 inches from the top. 

Measure a ten each line on each horizontal fold, 

making sure the center (5 inches) is on the vertical center fold. 

Mark every 1/2 inch  on each line. 

 Connect the marks going downward with a line to represent the bars on the birdcage.

 Draw a curved line from the top left line to the center line. 

Make curves that go from the top center line to each 1/2 inch mark on the top line. 

 Do the same on both sides. 

 Add a door in the middle and details to make the cage fancy. 

Look on Google Images for "Birdcage Clipart" for ideas. 

Outline all lines with a black marker when done. 

Lightly draw a bird in pencil in the cage behind the bars. 

 http://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2015/01/how-to-draw-cardinal.html

 Draw another bird doing what you want in or out of the cage.

Colorful Desert Sky

COLORFUL DESERT SKY

Student Gallery

2021

4th period 

Estrella, Jorja & Grayson

Addison, Zoe, Kaitlyn, Vanessa

Michael, Jaylee, Victoria, 

Josie, Katherine, Zane. 

8th period 

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2019

1st period

Ambria

Ruben, Yuka, Jason and Katie

(above) 

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2nd period deserts

Chris, Mariana, Lucy & Yareli
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3rd period pictures

Caroline
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4th period deserts
Athena, Adrian and Tristan

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5th and 9th period deserts
Kendall, Gage, Deztaney,Zackary & Jorja



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Before you begin this project, you may want to practice cactus with me here...

http://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2014/09/how-to-practice-cactus.html

Step by Step

 (click to make bigger)

more examples below...

 

With Pencil, create a horizon line toward the bottom of your paper. 

It can be straight, crooked, hilly or rocky. 

 Draw 3 or more cacti that use contour line. 

(above left used grey marker, above right used #2 pencil and blendy stump)

(above used grey colored pencil)

If your feeling like something different, 

Shade with (not color) a colored pencil. 

Outline cacti with a permanent marker. 

Now, using a grey marker or a shading pencil, make one side of your cacti darker. 

Use a stump if necessary with the pencil. 

Use shading techniques (hatching, crosshatching, stippling or scribbling with marker). 

(above left used watercolor pencil, 

above right used 

Use your favorite watercolor technique on the sky. Do not get any color in the cacti. 

Your choices are watercolor pencils, maker explosion or watercolor palette. 

Optional cactus too...

if you choose to go over cactus with the marker burst technique, 

I would choose lighter colors as to not hide all the details.

ABOVE, 

Before and after water. 

This can also be done with younger grades. 

Picture above done by 2nd grader. 

See More Here. 

https://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2014/09/color-burst-cactus.html