Second Grade Finished Birch Tree Landscapes

As I posted earlier my second grade students have been studying Gustav Klimt and landscapes. Second grade students had a lot of fun picking warm or cool colors for the background of their landscapes. We learned a lot about how different colors in artwork can make us feel different ways.

When we cut our Birch trees out we made sure to keep the edges of our Birch trees curvy just like the Birch trees we viewed in Gustav Klimt's artwork.

One of my awesome second graders even brought in a Birch tree branch he found on a hike with his family! I thought it was awesome he connected what we are doing in art class to the outside world.

We used liquid Elmer's glue and sponge brushes to paint on the glue.

Each table had a separate tray of warm or cool colored tissue paper. Students were able to pick their color family.

Finished!

Students also had the choice of overlapping and/or crossing trees over one another.

Also, students had to add a shadow. We discussed how the shadow had to stay consistent as we glued our trees down so it would be apparent where our sun was in the sky.