Assorted hand-painted and colored papers, scissors, 12"x16" white or black paper, a manilla folder for each student
Note to Teachers: Have a bin of hand-painted papers available. These can be produced by students who finish projects early or by student monitors. These papers should include primary, secondary, and tertiary colors, as well as tints and shades for variation. Additional papers such as Tru-ray colored paper, corrugated paper, and shiny paper should be collected as well.
Student chalk drawings of flowers/plants from lesson 1; flowers/plants
Distribute scissors, manilla envelopes, and student chalk drawings.
Each table of students should be called in turn to select the papers for their collage. Students will spend the rest of the worktime cutting the shapes directly from these papers. Remind the students to continually look at their drawings and at their plants for inspiration. Explain that their work can be abstract (it can look plant-like without being a replica of the plant) or they can make it more representational. Explain that their finished collage should be plant-like, but does not have to duplicate exactly what they saw.
At the end of the lesson, all papers and cut shapes should be placed in each student's manilla envelope. Their names should be written on the envelope and collected.
In our last lesson we used prepared commercial papers.
- In what ways do the hand-painted papers look different from the printed papers we used last time?
- How does choice of color affect the mood of your collage?
Ask for volunteers to show their selected colors and to explain their choices.
Distribute a xeroxed color wheel that lists the names of each color in the proper place. Direct the students to find these colors in magazines. Cut them out and glue them in the designated spots.