Another idea found on Pinterest........ Loretta Grayson is the artist who inspired this lesson, I love her colorful art. See lots here and more info. about her here.
The original on Pinterest were small square paintings that looked like they were done on canvas w/ acrylics, but after reading Loretta's blog - she uses a wonderful combination of pastels and paint, etc. Because of resources, I decided instead to do the project as a paper mosaic. It took 2 sessions, and I think they turned out great.
Steps:
1. cover 8x8" tagboard w/ mosaic paper squares
2. draw circle on 4x4" paper, cover w/ mosaic squares on opposite side, then cut out circle.
3. draw black tree branches and glue onto circle, then glue onto background.
These were done by 5th/6th graders:)
These are really lovely. Will be borrowing this lesson some time soon to reinforce warm and cool colours! Thanks :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for posting the link to this on my blog, Tisha - I love how your students have interpreted my idea!
ReplyDeleteThese look great! Pinned!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to try this! Did you cut the small squares/tiles or did the kids cut them? Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteI cut the squares w/ paper cutter and didn't worry about them being precise. I made 1/2 small coffee can of warm colors & 1/2 small can of cool colors. And, after 20 students used them, there were many squares left over!
Love these! I love Loretta's work too--what a wonderful interpretation! Beautiful! I'm totally pinning this and doing it with my students! Thank you! (www.createartwithme.blogspot.com)
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