It´s so hard to choose student work to post. I have approximately 50 students per grade level, so every project gives me around that many works to choose from. Sometimes they´re all so wonderful i hate to leave some out, as is the case of the 6th Grade Matisse Cutout collages.
6th graders had been learning about the
Elements of Art in during the first unit and were ready to put their knowledge into practice. I chose to showcase French artist
Henri Matisse for them since they are studying Europe in their Social Studies classes. We started the unit by reading and disscussing his biography, and discovering why he developed his "painting with scissors" collage technique. Next, students had to create their own cut-out collages using construction paper as paint. They made their sketches with both
organic and
geometric shapes and distributed them on their canvases, sometimes
overlapping, considering
positive and
negative space. The different
sizes and
colors created very interesting
texture.
I wish i could post all their work because they are seriously wonderful, but the longest blog post ever. Here are a couple chosen at random so i wouldn´t feel biased ;-)
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