1. Art project in spring 2009 Class 2 C Arja Moilanen

2. Goal Our school had an art exhibition in 2009. Every class made their own project. Our class had its own project, which was about spring in Finland

3. Start We made a visit to forest in the spring to experience the finnish nature with all senses We observed birches and how they look

4. Planning In a classroom we designed together a birch forest: each student makes a part of it. We listened to the spring music We looked for inspiration also in books and studied how the birch and spring in Finland look like

5. The Work Teacher planned the works’ paper size so that they would fit to the place they were to put on display Teacher made a mark on the paper where the birch begins. Pupils drew the trunk, branches and leaves as well as possible animals with black pencil The trunk was coloured with white, branches with black and leaves with green crayon. Water colour paper was moistened and painted green. Pupils mixed the colours from blue and yellow water colour

6. Finishing touches Children picked holes with a needle around the leaves Leaves were sewn with thread All the works were pieced together We discussed how the collage looked like and enjoyed the outcome At the art exhibition parents had the opportunity to see the works