Okay, if you would like to try an art project inspired by Tap the Magic Tree,
I'm gonna give you some ideas.
Tree art is some of my favorite to make and to look at, especially right
now when we're all probably stuck inside a little more than usual.
I love looking out my window at the trees and when I do get out to take a run or
a walk, I love looking at the trees, it kind of calms me down and so
does making art inspired by trees.
So, the tree in Tap the Magic Tree, I can show you,
was made with a combination of watercolor and collage.
I painted the wood part of the tree with watercolor, and
then I used recycled tissue paper to make the leaves and then I glued them on.
So what you can do is make your own tree and
it most definitely does not need to look like the tree in Tap the Magic Tree.
In fact, you can make any kind of tree you want, whatever your favorite tree is.
I can show you some examples.
Let's see, that my kids made.
This is just kind of a beautiful whimsical tree made with lots different colors.
And the tree is in watercolor and
the leaves are all different colors cut out of a magazine.
And then here is one inspired by a red maple tree that's in our backyard,
watercolor tree and then in the leaves, also cut out of a magazine.
And then my littlest one made a willow tree, and
she painted the tree in watercolor and then made leaves.
And the kind of tree that I see outside my window right now is
something called a lodgepole pine tree.
And so I've been making that and I painted the tree,
the trunk of the tree in watercolor.
And the leaves that I'm having to cut out are tiny little pine needles,
which takes a really long time.
So this is not done yet, but I can show you how I'm doing it.
So, I have a magazine page,
I found a page in a magazine with lots of green and brown in it.
And then I just cut a little snippet, just a little needle from here.
It kind of falls out.
And then if you're gonna be gluing paper onto other paper,
if you're going to be making a collage in that way, I recommend having
a little scrap paper around that you can use as you're putting glue on.
And then using a glue stick, that works best, rather than liquid glue.
And you just kind of rub the glue on the back,
keep the cap on when you're done, and this one's stuck.
And then you pick it up and you just glue it on.
Now, it's important to make sure that if you do a watercolor painting
of a tree trunk and branches, you wanna make sure that you let
the watercolor dry all the way before you start collaging.
So it can be a two part project, you can paint the tree.
I always like to do a light pencil sketch before I paint a tree just so
I have an idea where I'm going.
But the good thing is, it doesn't matter if you make a mistake because every tree
is different and you can put branches wherever you want.
You can put leaves wherever you want.
These are obviously much bigger in proportion than regular pine needles
would be but it still looks kinda cool.
And these are the little pine cones, I cut those out of brown.
And I can put them down here,
rub a little glue on them and paste that down as well.
This is gonna take me a long time to finish, but
that's okay because we might be inside for a long time.
So, I'm gonna keep working on this but you can make really any kind of tree you want.
And if you don't want to use watercolor to make your tree, you can use crayon or
colored pencil or markers or any other kind of paint you want.
And I love finding old magazines to cut paper out of.
You can also use construction paper, or you can use tissue paper,
or you can use gift wrap.
There are lots of other things you can use to make a collage.
But I hope that you have fun making trees.
And thank you so much for reading with me and doing art with me, bye.
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