Gustav Klimt-- The Tree of Life
The upper grades learned about the artist Gustav Klimt and his amazing gold filled paintings from the early 20th century. Following Klimt's lead, the students created a spiraling tree and filled it in with oil pastels. They then watercolored in the background with contrasting colors. Finally, they decorated a border around their tree with patterned metallic colors, and to finish their piece, they added bits of shiny gold and silver to make the whole scene sparkle.