4th Grade Fall or Winter Birch Trees

This week 4th grade will start their fall birch tree painting! We create these by using....

3rd grade Gustav Klimt Trees

Last week, 3rd grade started their Gustav Klimt inspired trees. Originally, we were going to paint 

Kindergarten Fall Trees

This week, Kindergarten embarked on a whole new frontier in the art room...PAINTING! This may not sound very challenging, but believe me it can be. Luckily, this entire Kindergarten class is a dream, and they have done so well their first day experimenting with this medium. We also, are using something else new to them, called oil pastels. These are like thick, creamy crayons. They're one of my favorite mediums to use in the art room.  Here's how we created them!

This project just took one 45 minute art class.

Kindergarten & First Fall "Y trees"

Kindergarten Fall "Y trees"

Kindergarten has been learning how to make a tree with branches, which can be a tricky thing for a 5 year old! 
I make it easier for them by using a trick I was taught during student teaching, a mere 14 years ago! (wow!)

4th Grade Fall Birch Trees

  4th Grade Warm or Cool Birch Trees

Fourth grade has been working hard on their mixed media birch trees, for the past couple of weeks.

Here's how we created ours....

3rd Grade Fall Forrests

  3rd Grade Fall Forests

Third grade has been working on these cute little creations for the past couple of art classes now, and have been doing a great job! 

Materials: Tru-Ray construction paper 9x12 & 4x6, pencils, Sharpie markers, scissors, and Elmer's glue sticks. 

First, the students cut out their ground, and glued it to their background. They were to glue on the lightest green first, darker green second, and darkest green third, to create the look of aerial perspective. After they glued on their ground, the drew and cut out their trees. After they drew and traced the branches with a sharpie, they could glue them on the ground. We talked about overlapping and how to create the illusion of space when gluing on their trees. After the trees were glued, a few clouds and a sun were added to complete their project! Here are some examples of their work!

Rebecca

Katelyn