"Consider negative space"

Focus on the negative space which is the space around what you have drawn or the background. Sketch two or three winter trees overlapping to create interesting shapes between the branches and trunks. Using pencil or watercolour, colour these spaces. With Year 5 or 6 students, you can create a wonderful artwork by choosing sunset colours with watercolour. Paint one shape at a time and use wet-in-wet technique. For example, in the lower shapes paint with yellow and then dab on orange towards the top. Make sure the paint is wet enough to have the colours blend on the page. Moving higher, the colours would be orange to red, red to purple and purple to blue. This abstract effect is quite challenging but the kids will love it!