My second grade classes enjoyed making their own Tree of Life. To get started we looked at Gustav Klimt's Tree of Life then discussed what patterns and shapes that the students could see in Klimt's art. We first made a small tree with curling branches on an ATC (artist trading card, 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch miniture artwork) I showed them how to start out with the trunk and work up adding branches on either side with several curled branches on the main branch. They were then ready for thier large artwork. They choose from a variety of bright papers. After they drew their tree to their satasfaction they outlined it in crayola construction paper crayons. They filled the inside of their tree with shapes and patterns. Some shapes they borrowed from Klimt and some they created on their own. After the tree was filled with shape and color they were ready to outline their tree in glitter. Students were excited to take this finished project home. Although Klimt doesn't use glitter in his tree I'm sure he would aprove.
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