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The Blazing Banyan Tree
Monday/Tuesday Art
• Content Objective:
I can identify and draw the key structures of
the banyan tree.
• Language objective:
I will write out and illustrate the steps for my
banyan tree composition.
The Blazing Banyan Tree
There is an unusual and amazing tree that
originates in India called the “banyan tree.”
It is unusual because it has so many trunks.
The branches of this massive tree are
constantly sending out roots from the top
that anchor into the soil below and expand
to become additional trunks.
Banyan Tree in India
A single banyan tree may cover an area
nearly 1,500 feet in circumference and have
nearly 3,000 trunk-like roots
If a bird deposits a banyan seed on
another tree, the seedling will send tentacles
to earth and eventually create a network of
roots that will engulf and destroy the host
tree.
Banyan Tree in Hawaii
The banyan is sacred to the Hindus. They
give it its name, which means “trader,”
because markets are held under its vast
sheltering framework.
The banyan tree is a member of the
mulberry family.
Banyan Tree in Florida
Key Vocabulary
Oil pastel: color pigment suspended in an oil
base.
Blending: combining or mixing colors in a work
of art to create a smooth transition between
colors.
Reflection: a transformation which produces the
mirror image of an object.
Use a pencil to sketch your
thumbnail and your composition
then go over the drawing in pen or
paint as directed.
Remember: My drawings are examples. Yours do NOT have to look like
mine! Have Fun! Be creative!
Follow these steps for
drawing and painting your
banyan tree.
1. Draw the tree’s trunk. The bottom should
start about ¼ of the way up from the bottom
edge of the paper.
I think I look like a reversed
parentheses line!
2. Add the outside, lower limbs to the trunk. They should
extend off the edges of the paper.
Whoa!
I’m kinda’
curvy!
3. Draw three more curvy lines between the lower branches.
4. Draw roots from the lower branches down to the same
level as the trunk. An extra one can go just part of the
way to the water ( I forgot to do that . )
5. Add tentacles to the roots.
6. Draw lines that will create thicker branches.
7. Draw 2 curving lines that start at the tree branches then
go off the paper.
You may add a few short branches but limit them to
only one or two per branch.
8. Draw the arching lines that define the separate sections of the
trunk.
Use your
pencil to
draw a light
water line
just above
the ends of
the roots and
“behind” the
trunks.
9. On the Thumbnail use a black marker to color in the tree
and trace over the thinner branches.
10. Use colored pencils to practice blending colors in the
spaces between the branches. Limit red, orange, and
yellow. Look ahead to the nest frame before you start.
11. Use red, yellow, and orange only to color below the
branches to the water line. Use a vertical application.
12. Apply colors that
match the colors in the
branches horizontally
while creating wavy
patches.
Leave spaces for
random patches of
color from the sky
between the low
branches and the
water line.
13. Ask for a black pencil to create the reflections of the
roots and trunks. Start at the base then
wide
to narrow.
Wednesday Art
• Content Objective:
I can draw and apply tempera paint to
the trunk, branches, and roots on my
banyan tree.
• Language objective:
I will paint my drawing of a banyan tree.
Let’s Do it!
1. Use a pencil to draw your banyan tree on
a 12” by 18” sheet of white paper. Refer
to your thumbnail sheet for help.
2. Use black tempera paint and a variety of
brushes to paint your pencil drawing.
3. Allow to dry.
4. Slide painted paper into your drawer
Thursday/Friday Art
• Content Objective:
I can apply oils pastels to my banyan tree
picture.
• Language objectives:
1. I can blend oil pastels to create the sky
and water in my banyan tree picture.
2. I can use my pastels to draw a reflection
of my tree in the water.
TIP:
When all areas have been
filled with color, go back
and touch up your tree with
the black oil pastel.