Autumn leaves in cubist style

What do you need?

• white drawing sheet 
• pencil
• ruler
• tempera paint
• brushes
• gold marker

Before
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 should you do?

1. Draw several leaves, they may not overlap. Draw half leaves against the edges. Draw only the outer form of the leaves, no veins. 
2. If the sheet is largely filled, draw diagonal lines with pencil and ruler: two from left to right and two from top to bottom. Make sure these lines pass through the leaves. 
3. Choose four warm colors tempera: two 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.