The Leaves are Falling....

Autumn leaf compositions were created by third graders using the following steps and techniques.
Detailed black ink pen drawings were were made of leaves that the students collected. Tracing was not allowed. Each student was to draw 4-5 leaves.

Layers of crayons were put on the pen drawings.

A layer of black water color was painted over the crayon.

The leaves were cut out and matted individually on black paper to create shadows.

The cut out matted leaves were glued onto a background paper. Black or white lines were added to fill in the negative space.

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