What makes something look whimsical? Third grade students were asked this question before beginning their owl drawings. They looked at various works of art and determined that whimsical art is colorful, fun, unusual and fantasy like. They then were presented with the challenge of drawing an owl that demonstrates their understanding of how to use line, shape and color to create a whimsical owl. Their owls also had to include pattern and complementary color pairs: red & green, purple & yellow, and orange & blue.