Romare Bearden Inspired Sailboat Regatta

Students in Ms. Nafziger's class learned about Romare Bearden who was an artist who like to incorporate collage into his works.

Students created their own work of art by making a collage of a sailboat regatta. The collage was glued onto a large 22x28 canvas.The focus of the lesson was implied movement, texture and depth preception.

 

Romare Bearden was an African-American artist and writer. He worked in several media including cartoons, oils and collage.


How about you? Do you like any paper crafts or scrap booking?

Eric Carle Collages

Here are some examples of fabulous artwork from Mrs. Edinger's 3rd grade class. They created an under-the-sea themed fish painting. They learned to mix tints and shades by adding white and black to pure paint on to paper. Next they cut out shapes to make a collage.

Collage is a technique also used by Eric Carle in his popular children's books.

Eric Carle is an American designer, illustrator, and writer of children's books. To create his beautiful pictures he uses a collage technique, of hand-painted tissue papers, which he cuts and layers to form bright and colorful images. He is most famous for The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

 Children's Book Author Eric Carle

Fun with Rembrandt's The Man with the Golden Helmet

I love it when volunteers share with me their stduents' art projects. Our volunteer, Mrs. Amy in Miss Ting's, class got creative with this month's Art Masterpiece presention, Rembrandts The Man with the Golden Helmet. Mrs. Amy incorporated our school mascot, Leo the Lion, as the focal point. Students drew Leo wearing a helmet.

Rembrandt van Rijn known as one of the greatest printmakers and painters in art history, perhaps best known for his self-portraits and biblical scenes, Rembrandt's contributions to art came in a period that many historians refer to as the Dutch Golden Age.

Rembrandt's the Man with the Golden Helmet, is perhaps one of the most famous portraits ever painted, however experts cannot agree if it is actually the work of Rembrandt or from one of his students. Doubts rose when it was removed from the Staatliche Museum Preussischer Kulturbesitz in West Berlin for examination and restoration work. But new tests and research by leading Rembrandt scholar Ernst van de Wetering have shown that it is more likely to be by the teacher himself.

Mrs. Amy even got creative with her display.

We may never really know who the artist is behind The Man with the Golden Helmet, but it does make for great conversation with students.