Drawing with Your Scissors

COLLAGE

I describe the technique of collage to the students as "drawing with your scissors."
The technique of collage teaches the students many concepts - shape, spatial relationships(overlapping, foreground/background), and texture to name a few.
They have to use their problem solving skills to figure out how to "build" their composition. It is different than drawing, because you have to think about the picture from the background forward.
As the student progresses in their artistic thinking and skills, the compositions can become increasingly complex.


Here are some examples of the second and third grade collage projects this year.

Featured Artist: Mark

In this second grade project, students used the bottom of their shoes to start a fish shape. Each "fish" was unique because each student had a different texture on the bottom of their shoe.
Then they had to build an underwater environment for their fish to swim in.
Torn paper and texture scissors added more details to the collages.







Featured Artist: Kaiser
"Lake Eries Monster"
The third grade students were asked to create a landscape collage. They were required to include the three parts of a landscape - foreground, middleground and background - and have details in each part. Most details had to be made with paper, either cut or torn, and only the tiniest details could be added with fine tip marker.
They were asked to write a descriptive title for the landscapes.