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Owl Drawing – Pencil Study to Explore Tone & Mark Making

This resources includes five worksheets designed to help students develop their drawing skills. Beginners can use grids for guidance, while more confident artists can challenge themselves by drawing half or the whole image.

This is a great low-cost resource, perfect as a starter activity to introduce the fundamentals of tone and mark-making.

You could first introduce the value of tone in class, demonstrating light and dark shading techniques, and then follow up with this exercise. It can be used as an in-class activity or assigned as homework to reinforce learning.

This engaging exercise builds confidence in observational drawing, helping students refine their shading and detail work while studying the texture and form of an owl.