5th Grade: Amate Bark Paintings

5th Grade studied the Mexican folk art known as, Amate Bark Paintings. We watched a video on how the bark paper is made. We discussed the creatures, usually colorful birds, that were painted on the bark paper. The students then designed their own composition to design their own bark painting. We used brown paper to look as though the students painted on the the bark paper, and brightly colored paints to match,

Here are examples of real Amate Bark Paintings.




Here is the fifth grade work,