Hanoch Piven Collaged Biography Portraits

In the art room, the 3^rd graders were introduced to the Israeli artist and illustrator Hanoch Piven who creates awesome collage portraits with assorted ephemera that is often related to the person he is recreating inspired by his art and the research they did on their chosen character, the students created mixed media portraits of their character. They drew and painted parts of it and also used computer images and other collage items like fabric, foam, sequins, buttons. 

Picasso Blue & Rose Collages

The students observed and discussed the paintings of Picasso's Blue and Rose periods, 

as well as his subsequent Cubist style. They first painted large sheets of paper in 

different shades of blues/greys and pinks/reds. These were cut up into pieces and used

along with recycled newspaper, wallpaper, sheet music and construction paper to create

 guitar, bottle, bowl and jug shapes. Some of these were also cut up and re-glued to a 

different background to create a fragmented Cubist art piece.

 

Mexican Suns

In the Art Room we looked at the colors and handicrafts of Mexico. We discussed the significance of the Sun in Ancient Mexican Culture, agriculture, tourism and daily life. The students painted assorted papers with bright colors and added texture. Then they cut the papers into unique Sun Faces.

City Printing - 3rd grade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The third graders examined the shapes and details of city buildings for a printmaking unit. They made drawings which they transferred onto pieces of foam to create a printing plate. From these plates, the students were able to print multiple images of their cityscape. While some students were printing, others were collaging paper cities, drawing borders for their prints and hand coloring some of their other prints. I also took photos of the students which they added to their collages for  a book of all their City Art.

 

Eric Carle Inspired Animal Book

In the art room we painted huge sheets of paper with lots of colors and used combs and rollers to add texture. Then for the next few weeks we collaged shapes from the painted paper to create animals. Finally we made a foam cover and added more pages on which we could color or write. 

  

Animal Shape Collages - First Grade

We read the book Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert and were inspired by the bright shapes and colors. The first graders chose from many paper shapes and colors to create animal collages of their own. 

 

 

PRIMARY COLOR COLLAGES

These collages, made in Art Class, were inspired by the work of Dutch artist, Piet Mondrian. The first graders were asked to use only primary colors and black, vertical and horizontal lines, squares and rectangles in their compositions, as Mondrian did in his late work. We were able to review many concepts including use of perpendicular and parallel lines.