ArtII Celebrity Paper Mosaic

After much hard work, here are the celebrity mosaics of my Art IIs this semester. I think next year, I will use a smaller format (these are 20x16inches)

Collage Pop Art Animals

I really wish I could rotate pictures after I have uploaded them.  Sorry.

Steps:

1. Find an animal pic- print as a 5x7 grayscale.

2. Use grid enlargement to double the size to 10x14

3. Paint the background with a BRIGHT color.

4. Divide animal into sections, leave lower half of animal ( or another part) undone- outline with sharpie.

5. Use paint to create value in a few sections with one color per section (monochromatic).

6. Add texture to a few sections with sharpie.

7. Tear different textures and colors out of magazines and glue down. I also had silver paper they used.

This project took about 3-4 45minute classes.

Some turned out not so hot. It is important to emphasize how they divide the sections to follow the shape of the animal, and to use small torn strips of paper rather than chunks.

Honor Art Show

The fifth graders at Piedmont Elementary worked on projects all year long to be placed in the art exhibit at the end of the year. I had an extremely talented group and we had a lot of fun making some art!

here's my lovely group of students all dressed up for the reception

a few of the displays of art

We made Houses for Haiti- and sold them to parents at the reception. We raised about $200 for the American Red Cross!

Here are the students that were in the show, originally I was going to put all of their art work together, but a last minute collapse of the displays created a different show than planned!

Here is a close up of the names, each letter was a collage of colors and then modpodged and glittered on black paper. They were really beautiful up close and live!