February was another Art themed Home School Hour.
So we focused on collage!
I made a few different types as examples, so we talked about creative freedoms, and how important it is to experiment with things.
We discussed some important artistic elements for their collage work. Each kid got a page with this Elements of Art printable for their definitions.
The examples I have here are all cut outs from old book covers (which we have in excess, here at the library).
Our collage examples were at a few different levels (since our ages range from 4 to 15 at most of these programs).
My very favorite was this picture I made of Humphrey Bogart.
Here you can see a sketch of the shapes I need, labeled in a scale from light to dark.
I used a gray scale to talk about value, and had all of the steps for this one visible to talk about making a pattern for shaped collages. After drawing the original design (pictured above), I traced it on a second piece of white paper. This second copy was cut along the lines to use as patterns for my final colors.
I also had an abstract collage example, and two other created shapes (one that relied on color, and one more dependent on texture. I used book covers for the pieces to all of these other examples.
After we went over different types of collages, it was time for the students to try their own.
We got to use up a lot of the book covers that have been sitting in our office for months. This doubled as a cool lesson in recycling, and in reclaiming materials.
The students were free to make whatever type of collage they wanted. Some were designing and planning ahead of time, and others made their work up as they went along. Some students cut characters out from the covers to use in their entirety, giving them backgrounds, or combining them with characters from different books.
The program even prompted a few kids to check out books they were interested in, based on the covers they saw!
I used a gray scale to talk about value, and had all of the steps for this one visible to talk about making a pattern for shaped collages. After drawing the original design (pictured above), I traced it on a second piece of white paper. This second copy was cut along the lines to use as patterns for my final colors.
I also had an abstract collage example, and two other created shapes (one that relied on color, and one more dependent on texture. I used book covers for the pieces to all of these other examples.
After we went over different types of collages, it was time for the students to try their own.
We got to use up a lot of the book covers that have been sitting in our office for months. This doubled as a cool lesson in recycling, and in reclaiming materials.
The students were free to make whatever type of collage they wanted. Some were designing and planning ahead of time, and others made their work up as they went along. Some students cut characters out from the covers to use in their entirety, giving them backgrounds, or combining them with characters from different books.
The program even prompted a few kids to check out books they were interested in, based on the covers they saw!
