Listening skills + mystery drawing = art! These penguins are just adorable and truly reflect each student’s unique personality. It began as a directed drawing activity. The students didn’t know the final product would be this Antarctic bird. They had to listen to my directions (such as draw a large oval in the bottom half of your sheet or draw a triangle on top of the circle) and sketch with pencil. Eventually, they figured out that we were creating penguins. They had extra time to add accessories like a scarf and mittens. A few students included ice skates, glasses, etc. They colored using crayon and placed several snowflakes in the negative space. Finally, we used blue watercolor pain to create the wintery background and reveal the falling snow. After a night under our heavy dictionaries (so many uses), they were ready to display in the hall!