John James Audubon was an American ornithologist, artist and naturalist known for his studies, drawings and paintings of North American birds.
We have been studying his book, The Birds of America, which has over 400 reproductions in it.
After viewing many of the birds and listening to a biography of Audubon, we started an art project; transparency bird prints!
We used our own Birds of the Northeast book, chose a bird, using transparency sheets, lay it on top of the chosen bird, color with water-based markers and made prints on to white construction paper!
Supplies- bird book, markers, transparency sheets, damp sponge (not very wet at all or maker will bleed!) construction or printer paper
Here’s the steps and the prints:
Choose a photo of the bird and trace and color in with markers on the clear sheet-
Try blending as many colors together as possible, when you’re done- dampen the white sheet of paper and press down the transparency sheet (marker side down)
Carefully lift off and view your print! We did touch up a few areas with the marker to make the image sharper afterwards, but they came out beautifully!