Texture Collages

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Texture #collage shared by a @waitsfieldschool student. Keep up the good work!

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Poppies for Veteran's Day

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#poppies for #veteransday @waitsfieldschool #gradesthreeandfour

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Sunflower Collages inspired by Vincent Van Gogh

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More #sunflower #collages inspired by #vangogh by @waitsfieldschool #gradesoneandtwo

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#sunflower #collages inspired by #vangogh by @waitsfieldschool #gradesoneandtwo

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Elements of Art: Line Photo Collages by fifth and sixth graders

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#gradesfiveandsix made #piccollage #photocollages showing the #elementsofart starting with #line @waitsfieldschool

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Photo collages about school expectations

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#gradesfiveandsix used #piccollage on the #ipad to create photo collages that show what our @waitsfieldschool #expectations look like in #artclass

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Animals inspired by Pete Cromer

Third and fourth grade artists were inspired by the colorful collages of Australian artist Peter Cromer. They created their own animal collages using watercolor, colored paper and painted scraps.

Color Wheels

Collages inspired by Alma Woodsey Thomas

"Through color, I have sought to concentrate on beauty and happiness..."
Alma Woodsey Thomas (1891-1978)

Click here to learn more about Alma Thomas.

Kindergarten Line Collages

#linecollage in #waitsfieldschool #kindergartenart

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Penguin Problems

Penguin Problems by Lane Smith 

Kindergarten artists made collage penguins then played together to create a "moveable collage" of Antarctica. I love the book "Penguin Problems" because it shares a message of mindfulness and gratitude in a very entertaining way.

#kindergarten #penguins inspired by #penguinproblems by #lanesmith

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#advicefromawalrus in #penguinproblems

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Pizza Day!

It's #pizzaday in #waitsfieldschool #kindergarten #artclass

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Mondrian two ways

Click here to read "Who is Piet Mondrian" at Tate Modern for Kids. 

First and second grade artist explored the work of Piet Mondrian in two ways.  First we used pre-cut black paper strips to create a grid, then painted with the primary colors.  Then we used construction paper to collage colorful compositions in Mondrian's style. 

Elmer the Elephant

Monarchs and Milkweed by the Kindergarten

Color wheels, Paint strips and Color Matching

Third and fourth graders learned all about the Color Wheel, color mixing and color matching.  They had three challenges to complete as part of this unit:

1. Paint all 12 colors of the color wheel and create your own color wheel

2. Find a photo in a magazine and match several of the colors in the image (inspired by this very cool website, Design Seeds)

3. Create a paint strip with different tints or shades of the same color and name each of the hues

Negative space collage

First and second grade artists learned about Positive and Negative Space. Although I hope the Art Room is always a "Positive Space," sometimes is is the use negative space in a piece of art that makes it interesting.

Negative space, in art, is the space around and between the subject(s) of an image. Negative space may be most evident when the space around a subject, not the subject itself, forms an interesting or artistically relevant shape, and suchspace occasionally is used to artistic effect as the "real" subject of an image. from Wikipedia

Click here for some examples of art with a creative use of Negative Space