Exploring Gustav Klimt with tissue paper and paint

Standard 3 has been studying Gustav Klimt in Art for the past couple of weeks.  In particular, we have focused on his painting "The Tree of Life".  We talked about the different colours he used in this painting, as well as the shapes and how he simplified his tree to swirls to make the branches.  Then each pupil created their own trees of life.  They started by using glue, paintbrushes and tissue paper to create a warm and shiny background.  Then they used brown, bronze and white paint to create the trunks, curled branches and roots of their trees.  They added dots and circles to their paintings to create intricacies just like in Klimt's paintings.

Gluing down tissue paper and using paintbrushes for the
first time.

Beginning to paint trees.

Erick working on his swirling branches.

Livinus looking very happy with using paint!

Adding details and different colours to finish her painting.

Finished trees of life!  Great colors and swirls.

Thanks to www.mrsbrownart.com for this art idea!