The Thanksgiving holiday is almost here! It is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. It started as a day of thanksgiving and harvest festival, with the theme of the holiday revolving around giving thanks. The center of Thanksgiving celebrations is a Thanksgiving dinner, which traditionally consists of turkey, potatoes – mashed or sweet, squash, cranberries, and pumpkin pie. Thanksgiving is regarded as the beginning of the Christmas and holiday season.
The Thanksgiving greeting cards can be purchased in various stores, but you can make them by yourself! Then it woul be more meaningful, more valuable and more memorable! We will show below how to create your own Thanksgiving humorous greeting card “Never Give Up!” You do not have to be super talented in arts, give it a try! Your friends and family will appreciate it more.
So, let’s get ready to draw your Thanksgiving greeting card! Get a sheet of white or any color thick paper size 8.5″x11″. Fold it on the middle, do not cut it. Turn it horizontal – the folding line must be on the top. Get the thin black ink pen and draw on the middle a contour of turkey. Then draw the turkey’s tail and the wings, it will create the sections. Then, fill these sections with different repetitive patterns. Some sections should be left blank. Use imagination and create the new patterns instead of copying the offered ones. That’s all! Card is ready. This art style – NeoPopRealism – was created by artist Nadia Russ in 1989 (http://www.nadiaruss.com):
If you are an art educator, you can teach your students of all ages using this art lesson plan: https://neowhimsies.blogspot.com/2012/10/humorous-greeting-card-never-give-up.html/. There are many how-to books on how to draw NeoPopRealism. Check them out: http://www.neopoprealism.org/.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
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