Lots of Leaves!

4th and 5th grade students did observational drawings from real leaves.  They then traced over their pencil lines with glue mixed with black tempera paint.  We let these dry and then during our next class we used the color wheel to mix colors with oil pastels to add color to our leaves.  Students then painted a background color that complimented their leaves.   This idea was inspired from deepspacesparkle.com.