When my project students at South Shore Charter Public School arrived the other day, I handed each of them a small color copy of a painting. I told them they could trade with each other if they wanted. (Surprisingly, very little trading). Then they had to make a rectangle proportional to the small painting in their sketchbooks. I then revealed several containers of colored paper, with and without pattern, lots of color, wide range of values, and told them they were going to "paint with paper". I showed them an example from my blog from a while back when I recreated one of my own paintings in paper.
Initially, my kids were a bit stymied that we didn't have exactly the right colors, but then we talked about how value was more important than color, and magic started to happen.. I chose paintings by Matisse, Picasso, Fairfield Porter, Gaugin, and Carol Marine all for their accessibility, masses of color, and strong light to dark pattern. Here are their results so far.
I am so excited by what they are seeing, and how they are constructing their "paintings".. not to mention how well they are cooperating with one another. Splendid day!
This is going phenomenally well! Can't wait to see the pieces finished so I hope you share them again when completed.
ReplyDeleteWill do, Crimson. Most of the students finished the other day. Have some fabulous work to post.
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