For this project we studied the artist Gustav Klimpt and talked about similarities between his works. We focused on the painting, "The Tree of Life." I told the students they would be designing their own version of this tree. I demonstrated drawing the tree in his swirly style step by step as they followed along. Bigger limbs were drawn first and then smaller branches were added to them. They were encouraged to come up with their own interesting patterns and shapes for decoration. Gold and black Sharpies were used to color in their patterns and brown crayon for the rest of the tree. A yellowish-gold paint color was chosen for the background, in true Klimpt fashion.
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