Birch Trees in Winter

Fifth-grade students used a layered process to create a beautiful winter scene featuring birch trees. They began by painting a watercolor background and some chose to “sprinkle” white paint over it to mimic falling snow. The birch trees were formed by scraping black paint across their drawn outlines using pieces of cardboard. To finish the project, students built a foreground by tearing white paper for snow, arranging their cut-out trees, and adding soft charcoal shadows for depth.