Fourth Grade Leaf Collage

To create this project, our fourth grade artists studied the differences between "positive space" and "negative space" in art. Using watercolors sprinkled with salt the students were able to make some very interesting patterns on plain paper. This was a brand new technique for most of the students and the results were surprising and pleasing. Then we used real leaves to trace and cut out our shape elements. These are simple but elegant works of art.