donderdag 9 oktober 2025

Autumn leaves in cubist style


You need:
  1. white drawing paper A4 size
  2. pencil
  3. ruler
  4. tempera paint
  5. brushes
  6. gold color marker

Ask students to take autumn leaves. Watch them together, paying particular attention to the shape: heart-shaped, oval, round, oblong, etc. The composition of the leaves may vary: a leave can be single or composed of several leaflets (pinnate or palmately).

What to do?

  1. Draw several leaves, they may not overlap. Draw half leaves against the edges. Draw only the outer form of the leaves, so no veins. 
  2. If the is largely filled, draw diagonal lines using a pencil and ruler: two from left to right and two from top to bottom. Make sure these lines pass through the leaves. 
  3. Paint the drawing with four warm colors tempera: two colors for the leaves and two for the background. Paint the leave parts within a shape in one color and the background in a different one. Paint the leaves in the next square in a third color and the background with color four. 
  4. Trace contour lines of the leaves and the diagonal lines with a gold marker.

Works of art made by students of grade 6.

2 opmerkingen:

  1. I am goin to try this with my 5th grades! love the Cubism twist!!

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  2. I'm featuring a round-up of great leaf-themed kids activities on my blog (Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational) on Monday (9/15/14) and would love to feature your photo and a link to this activity. Please let me know if I have your permission soon. Thanks!

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