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