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Birch Trees 1st Grade November Art Project West Mercer Elementary Art Enrichment Program
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Birch Trees. 1st Grade November Art Project West Mercer Elementary Art Enrichment Program. Forest by G ustav Klimt. “When I see birches bend to left and right Across the lines of straighter darker trees, I like to think some boy’s been swinging them .” Birches Poem by Robert Frost. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Birch Trees
1st Grade November Art ProjectWest Mercer Elementary Art Enrichment Program
Forest by Gustav Klimt
“When I see birches bend to left and rightAcross the lines of straighter darker trees, I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.”
Birches Poem by Robert Frost
Today’s Project• Birch tree bark•Masking•Watercolor background• Salt texture
Birch Tree Bark
Step 1- How to make a mask
Step 2- Trees in Perspective
• Close trees = bigger• Farther away trees = smaller
Step 3- Painting the Land
Step 3- Painting the Sky
Step 4- Salt the sky
Step 5- Peeling up the mask
Step 6- Painting the shadows & highlights
Step 7- Sponge in shrubs