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This was recently a very successful project for 3rd to 5th graders. I like the contrast of the soft watercolor against the crisp cut leaf edges.Week 1. Give the students two 9" x 12" sheets of paper and watercolor paints. Instruct them to paint one sheet with a green grass base and blue sky. Dabbing the wet sky with a dry paper towel can create a soft cloud effect. The remaining sheet is to be completely painted in splotches of warm colors - red, orange and yellow.
Week 2. Give the students a rectangle of black construction paper to cut out a tree trunk silhouette with branches on top and roots on the bottom. This gets glued to the blue and green (sky/grass) paper. The remaining splotchy paper gets cut into small triangle shapes and glued to the tree, sky and ground.
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I just wanted to say that I absolutely love your website and I check it every morning!
I have been an art teacher in NYC for the past 7 years and I always welcome new ideas into my curriculum. So happy I stumbled across your blog.
Thanks so much! I'm currently working on the abstract tree silhouette and would like to start the watercolor tree collage!!!
xoxo
Renee
Hi Kathy,
Love your site! I mentioned you today in my Oct. 1 blog post!
Very fun idea that I will for sure do with my kids!
http://29lincolnavenue.blogspot.com/2009/10/fall-inspiration.html
Have a great day,
Stacey
It's a really beatiful project! We are a homeschool family from Catalonia and we'll try to do it the next week. Thank's for sharing it!
(and sorry for my English, because it's not really good)
I used your Egyptian Pharaoh design with my class a few weeks ago and wanted to share how it turned out. I put pictures up on my blog here:
http://bridgetsartworld.blogspot.com/2010/11/egyptian-death-masks.html
Thanks for your continued inspiration and ideas!
I actually did this with my Kindergarteners, but we used blue construction paper for the back and a piece of wrinkled paper bag (torn how they wanted) for the trunk. Then they were able to put a tiny bit of silver glitter on for frost...thanks for the ideas!
Loved this project! I did this with my daughter's 2nd grade class and their trees and Fall colors were amazing! Thanks for sharing!
I love your website and use it with my 5th grade daughter almost daily! Thanks for the great ideas.
I just found your site thru the kids art on Pinterest. LOVE it.
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