Knowing how to draw a turkey is almost a “must know” for Turkey (bird) fans. I’ve made this drawing tutorial as simple as possible. I am sure you will like it.
THANKSGIVING TURKEY Video Art Lesson | FALL Directed Drawing & Painting Project
My students loved this activity. It was perfect for our last day of school before leaving for Thanksgiving break. Everyone was engaged and I appreciated the visual support from the video.
— Miriam W.
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Are you looking for an Fall Season or Thanksgiving activity for your students? Consider adding an art project as a seasonal treat! I’m happy to offer this fully narrated Turkey directed drawing and watercolor painting lesson that was designed especially for students in Kindergarten, 1st grade. 2nd grade, and 3rd grade.
This video tutorial demonstrates the necessary steps to complete this low-prep art project. Use this project as supplemental learning in Art, Science, Math, Literature, Social Studies, SEL, Language Arts, or History themes. This art project offers a fun and engaging opportunity to incorporate students’ artistic literacy and innate love of hands-on experimentation into a core curriculum unit of study. To enhance student comprehension, consider turning your STEM unit into a STEAM unit with the addition of this art project.
This digital resource is Distance Learning Supported. Videos may be paused, fast-forwarded, or reversed as needed. Excellent resource to use for sub plans and to display as classroom decor. Use completed projects to brighten up your walls and bulletin boards or to give as a unique gift to parents. Need a class incentive reward or a party day activity? Consider an art project 🙂
UPDATE: Please see details below for instructions about how to access and view this video.
Did you know? Creating art is a great way for students to gain self confidence, tap into their natural curiosity, learn about the world around them, practice mindfulness and calming strategies, and understand connections between themselves and their environment. The social-emotional learning benefits of creating art are significant.
How to use this resource: simply supply your students with the necessary art materials, display the video in your classroom or homeschool, and watch as your students create this drawing and painting project right before your eyes!
Designed with beginners in mind, this project is perfectly suited for students in Kindergarten, first grade, sencon grade, and third grade. By following along with me, step-by-step, your students will learn the skills to create masterpieces of their own long after the project is complete.
The process used to teach this project is a kid-tested, step-by-step method that will inspire and delight your students into drawing and painting action! This process involves observing, following instructions, and creating until each student is happy with the outcome.
Students will learn basic drawing and watercolor painting techniques and apply these techniques to complete this project. This project is designed to give students the tools they need to begin their artistic journey into self-expression, reflection, and creative thinking.
Supplies and materials needed for this project:
- Heavy Paper (Watercolor Paper Works Great!)
- Watercolor or Tempera Cake Paints
- Paint Brush
- Oil Pastels or Crayons
- Bowl of Water
- Paper Towels
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There are two ways to view this video art project: stream directly from the TpT site, or access video via private link on Vimeo, a video hosting platform.
*To download art project access instructions, simply click on the ‘Download’ button in the Supporting Document box above this description. The ‘Download’ button will lead you to instructions that include a special link. Click on the link, and you will then have access to the art project video. This is an unlisted, ad-free video that is hosted on Vimeo.
Let’s Learn How To Draw A Turkey
This looks deceptively simple. It is but you have to draw these two ellipses (eggs) in the same or similar ratio as you see in the picture.
I wrote a small remark of the (approximately) 20-degree angle. This should be obeyed to capture the best position of the body. I know it looks a bit too technical but it helps a lot.
So sketch these two ellipses and one small ball – that will be the head.
Now inside of the ellipse sketch another one approximately in the same or similar position as you see in the picture.
Outline the neck. This should be easy. Draw a weak axis–like a line across the center of the head. This line will indicate the exact position of the eyes and the beak.
Sketch the outline of the huge tail fan. By weak pencil lines sketch out the position of the legs. Draw a half-like ellipse, which represents the tail wings. This ellipse should be reaching the imaginary ground level.
Outline the snood. That is the flap of skin, which grows from the base of the turkey’s beak and hangs over the beak. Finally, add the eyes.
Now you have the basic structure of turkey ready. At this point, your sketch should already look like a turkey. Also, at this point, you already know how to outline the entire body in proper balance.
You see, the whole process of learning how to draw a turkey is not so very complicated after all.
You can begin erasing unnecessary pencil lines. It’s good to use a pencil type eraser, if you have one handy because there are so many narrow spaces to erase.
When ready, you can outline the feather lines on the whole body. It should look something like you see in this picture. Please make it in very weak pencil lines because you may need to erase some of them later.
Sketch out the shape of both legs.
A soft 6B pencil will be very handy now. If you don’t have a soft pencil then OK, use the standard HB pencil.
Begin to outline the feathers from the tail fan if you are right-handed. If you are left-handed do it from the front side of the body.
Simultaneously, you are erasing all unnecessary pencil lines. This requires you to do it one by one, so do it.
Drawing a turkey that would look like a turkey often needs detailed work on feathers. You can skip this step of course but your turkey will look less attractive.
When you are ready with the feather work and erase all the rest, your drawing should look something like this one or better.
You can outline the silhouette of the turkey’s head and the beak into their final shape. Draw a black eye with a small white dot inside of it to give the eye a more natural look.
At this stage, you virtually mastered the lesson of how to draw a turkey. Now you have a complete drawing for the coloring page. You can choose to continue in pencil or you can color it.
If you decided to continue in pencil then start to darken every single feather on the turkey as you see in the picture.
Please be careful, because some parts of the feathers are rather grey and some are darker or black.
Your finished drawing should look like this or better.
I am sure you did a terrific job. After you finish your drawing you can click on the banner below to upload it, we would love to see your work.
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