Also very suitable for Yr 1-2! Collage using papers made with push / pull forces - Science link The Prep students engaged in some activities involving using FORCES of push and pull to make various painted papers. They rotated around three tables and made three different papers. One activity was working with a partner with … Continue reading Flowers in a Vase Collage~Prep
Year One were working on a healthy food theme and these simple collages were made with painted paper and newspaper, inspired by Megan Coyle's collages made with magazines. We looked at her artwork (mainly food and still life collages) so the students could see the overlapping and slightly different shades of a colour. I drew … Continue reading Fruit & Vegetable Collages ~ Year 1
Eric Carle's children's books and illustrations are a delight to read to children and also a wonderful inspiration so many art projects- who doesn't love painted paper collages? The Prep students (first year at Primary school) were working on a theme of "Growth and Change" and the story "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" fits in beautifully. … Continue reading Hungry Caterpillars ~ Eric Carle inspired. Prep collage art lesson
Our school was doing a "Discover Dairy" inquiry unit and so we were making lots of artworks of cows! The inspiration for this lesson was from "paper paintings" of cows by Elizabeth St Hilaire (Nelson) "Paper Paintings" by Elizabeth St Hilaire The students looked at some St Hilaire's "paper painted" cows and inferred the techniques … Continue reading COLLAGE COWS ~ Inspired by Elizabeth St Hilaire. Year 5/6 art lesson.
