The tropical rainforest is a truly amazing ecosystem, and there is so much to learn about it. We hope this blog post has inspired you to explore it further through your drawings! Creating Depth and Perspective in the Rainforest Drawing Draw a tree branching above the river. Use curved lines to sketch the branches, some coming together to form pointed twigs. Next, use "U" shaped lines to texture the bark and draw the cloudlike treetop or canopy.

Once you have the basic structure of the tree, you can start to add in the other layers of vegetation. The understory is made up of smaller trees and shrubs, and is often the densest layer of vegetation in a rainforest. The forest floor is home to a variety of ferns, mosses, and other plants. Animals in the highest layers of the rainforest developed interesting adaptations to manoeuvre through the emergent layer’s unstable branches. They fly or glide between the trees. Animals that can’t glide are usually very light to be able to be supported by the branches. It’s possible to see blue morpho butterflies in the rainforest whenever you’re flying above them. The top layers of the rainforest are kept healthy by animal and bird pollination. 2. Canopy Layer And if you're searching for more drawing activity ideas for KS1 learners, head over to our Drawing Primary Resources for a wide range of fun activities including step-by-step tutorials. The forest floor receives very heavy rainfall. It equates to about 80 - 180 inches or 200 - 450 centimetres each year!Now it’s time to add the finishing touches. Use a white pencil or crayon to add highlights to the leaves and ground. You can also add some shadows to give your drawing more depth. As we've learnt from the forest floor facts for KS2, the forest floor is home to lots of different species of animals, all the way from insects to predators. The Benefits of the Rainforests Ecological Well-Being If you want, you can add colour and do some additional darkening of the lines to make the photo stand out.

Rainforests provide us with many products that we use every day. Tropical woods such as teak, balsa, rosewood and mahogany are used in flooring, doors, windows, and much more. Fibres such as bamboo are used to make furniture and insulation. The rich diversity experienced in the rainforest and the sheer amount of trees and oxygen-producing plants are incredibly important to our well-being and important for maintaining a balance across the natural world of planet Earth. These huge forests help to regulate weather conditions, oxygen and carbon dioxide levels and provide humanity with resources. A tropical rainforest is a lush, green paradise teeming with life. From the tallest trees in the world to the smallest insects, the rainforest is home to an incredible diversity of plant and animal life. A tropical rainforest is a forest that receives high amounts of rainfall – typically more than 200 cm (80 in) per year – and has a warm, humid climate. These conditions allow a wide variety of plants and animals to thrive. Sunlight strikes the tropics almost straight on, producing intense solar energy that keeps temperatures high, between 21° and 30°C (70° and 85°F). High temperatures keep the air warm and wet, with an average humidity of between 77 percent and 88 percent. Such humid air produces extreme and frequent rainfall, ranging between 200-1000 centimeters (80-400 inches) per year. Tropical rainforests are so warm and moist that they produce as much as 75 percent of their own rain through evaporation and transpiration.Whether you have just started to learn how to draw or have been sketching for a while now, it's worth stating that there is a need to look for inspiration constantly. Why's that? Well, without inspiring ideas, a drawer may abandon the sketchpad altogether and fail to expand its abilities.

This includes 40,000 plant species, 1,300 bird species and more than 400 different types of mammal! In total, it is thought that over 30% of the world's biodiversity can be found there!

The upmost layer of the rainforest is known as the emergent layer. Within this layer, you would see the very tallest trees standing tall above the canopy, above the other trees. These trees can reach up to 60 metres in height and dominate like skyscrapers. These trees have access to an abundance of sunlight to photosynthesise, though it is hard to pull water all the way from the forest floor (especially during droughts and dry seasons) so the leaves are small and waxy to retain water. Rainforests produce about 20% of our oxygen and store a huge amount of carbon dioxide, drastically reducing the impact of greenhouse gas emissions. Massive amounts of solar radiation are absorbed, helping regulate temperatures around the globe. Taken together, these processes help to stabilize Earth’s climate. Other than animals that reside on the forest floor, you can also find lots of fallen branches, leaves, bark and stems. To create a realistic rainforest scene, you’ll need to use a variety of green tones. Use lighter shades of green for the canopy, and darker shades for the shadows beneath the trees. Included in this resource are four different templates of rainforest leaves. All four templates include hand-drawn illustrations and provide plenty of spaces for your class to colour. The templates are easily customisable and allow your class to put their own creative spin on them.