After reading, "Squirrels," by Brian Wildsmith, the students were enthralled with the artwork. We made Wildsmith inspired trees. The children painted a tree trunk outline with water colors from the bottom to the top of a 8x12 inch piece of manilla paper. Branches were added by dipping a stick into brown tempera paint. Birds and woodland creatures were drawn with markers and filled in lightly with water colors. The last part was the most fun! The students filled in the tree trunks with pastel colored abstract designs using water colors.
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