Trees Through the Seasons

There are over 1000 different kinds of trees in North America. How many can you name in one minute?

An apple tree in the fall, drawn by Ivan Smith-Garcia when he was 6.

Make four pictures of the same tree through the seasons. Start with a drawing of the bare branches. Then cover the branches with snow for a wintertime picture. Draw the same tree trunk and branches again, and cover them with pretty blossoms for springtime. Draw the trunk and branches with thick green leaves for summerime, and a last picture with gold and orange fall leaves.

To make your task easier, just start with the first wintertime bare branches drawing and photocopy it onto four sheets of heavy white paper.

For more unusual and creative art projects with drawing, see the book Drawing With Children in the KidsArt On-Line Catalog.