Art project in spring 2009

Class 2 C Arja Moilanen

Goal

• Our school had an art exhibition in 2009. • Every class made their own project.• Our class had its own project, which was

about spring in Finland

Start

• We made a visit to forest in the spring to experience the finnish nature with all senses

• We observed birches and how they look

Planning

• In a classroom we designed together a birch forest: each student makes a part of it.

• We listened to the spring music • We looked for inspiration also in books and

studied how the birch and spring in Finland look like

The Work• Teacher planned the works’ paper

size so that they would fit to the place they were to put on display

• Teacher made a mark on the paper where the birch begins.

• Pupils drew the trunk, branches and leaves as well as possible animals with black pencil

• The trunk was coloured with white, branches with black and leaves with green crayon.

• Water colour paper was moistened and painted green. Pupils mixed the colours from blue and yellow water colour

Finishing touches

• Children picked holes with a needle around the leaves

• Leaves were sewn with thread• All the works were pieced together• We discussed how the collage looked like and

enjoyed the outcome• At the art exhibition parents had the

opportunity to see the works