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Eric Carle Collage

Submitted by: Linda Wood, St. John's Lower School, Houston, Texas
Unit: Collage/painting
Grade Level: 2 through four (these are 2d grade - Come across Kindergarten lesson idea)
School Web Site: St. John's Lower School
See lesson Eric Carle for Middle School

Materials:

White Drawing Newspaper (12" ten 18" / thirty.five 10 46 cm), Structure Paper, Prang Watercolor Pan Sets, assorted stamps, texture Brayers, Brushes, water dishes, paint shirts, texture panels, Crayons, Pair of scissors, White Gum

Note from Judy: Tissue paper can likewise exist used. I used tissue paper with second grade

Objectives: Students volition

• Proceeds appreciation for the work of Eric Carle - see book illustration as a career

• Speculate about a work of art, what materials, techniques and skills were used -Study Carle'due south work to determine how he did information technology.

• Explore various water color techniques

• Create a variety textural furnishings

• Design and create a composition using the techniques of Eric Carle - demonstrate cutting and gluing skills

Resources:

Official Eric Carle Web site

Various books by Eric Carle - Dragons Dragons: & Other Creatures That Never Were is a favorite

Other Books by Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Following the ravenous caterpillar'due south path every bit he eats his fashion through one apple (and the pages of the book itself) on Mon, two pears on Tuesday, three plums on Wednesday, and then on, through red pie and sausage- until he is really fat and has a stomachache.

You Can Make a Collage: A Very Unproblematic How-To Volume- Learn the fine art of collage from world-famous children'south author and artist Eric Carle. Comes with 72 sheets of beautifully printed tissue, each an original pattern painted by Eric Carle.

The Grouchy Ladybug - Progressing through a series of brilliantly colored die-cutting pages, a bad-tempered braggart becomes a nicer, happier, better-behaved bug.

The Mixed-Up Chameleon - Except for catching flies and changing colors occasionally, this chameleon doesn't detect life very exciting. When a surprise visit to the zoo makes this wistful cadger realize it can alter its shape and size as hands as its color, it ends up wanting to be like all the animals in the zoo at once.

Alternating Lesson: Still life Collage a la Matisse by Linda Forest
Alternating Lesson: Myth and Folk Tales - Illustrations by Michael Gerrish
Alternate Lesson: Collage - Various Artists - 4th form

Didactics/Motivation:

1. Read a volume by Eric Carle to students - study the art work and speculate how it was fabricated (Dragons and Other Animals that Never Were is a good i)

2. Demonstrate various painting techniques to exist used by students: wet-on-wet, dry brush, postage printing, spatter painting, textured brayers, crayon resist rubbings

3. Discuss rhythm and design, unity, contrast, harmony, and texture throughout the lesson

4. Demonstrate cutting of collage paper to make a limerick - evidence folding technique to cut multiple shapes/borders. Review design principles.

Procedures:

Have different stations set up up around the room for the various techniques (note from Judy: I had monoprinting with finger paints, likewise when I did this lesson).

1. Crayon texture rubbings - cover sheet of drawing paper with diverse textures - brush water colour over.

2. Wet-in-wet water color - embellish with dry brush water color free style patterns.

3. Moisture-in-wet papers stamp printed with diverse rubber stamps dipped into concentrated Watercolor Paint. Sponge printing and gadget, as well.

4. Patterned brayers with concentrated watercolor rolled over paper.

5. Splatter painted watercolor (always done on the flooring in only ane expanse).

For more variety, they used these processes over colored construction papers.  We treated the painting of the papers purely equally an abstract painting practice.  As they painted, they put their names in the corners of their paper, and dried them in one expanse for each table in a Drying Rack and on the floor.  Equally I cleaned upwardly at the end of the 24-hour interval, I just swept the dried work into tabular array folders for each tabular array and let them make their own folders inside of the table folders to keep track of their own paper.  Some of the colors and patterns were to fill 18x24 sheets from side to side, top to lesser.  On other sheets, they could dissever the space in half with two color ideas on each one-half.  That way they had enough of ane colour or two to make a large animal with accent colors.

Collage:

Students were permitted to create whatever they wanted: animals, people, houses, still lifes (annotation from Judy: When I did this lesson, we created imaginary animals/beasties)

1. Plan what you want to create.

2. Utilise contrast of colors.

3. Repeat some colors and textures throughout the collage.

4. Multiple cut techniques (fold paper)-- equally well as cutting strips, then fold paper to cutting blueprint for borders on the large background papers.

5. Glue to 12x18 (30.v x 46 cm) drawing paper - add groundwork with left over pieces of collage paper, add h2o color and/or crayon to background. Share some of your papers with neighbors for more variety. Save all left over painted paper in scrap box for collage projects throughout the year.

6. Remember design principles: unity/harmony, rhythm/repetition, and contrast.

Annotation for Success from Linda Wood:

I did this project with 2nd graders. We used Sax 90 pound paper instead of tissue paper every bit Eric Carle uses.  They saw the video - we looked at books of his.  Nosotros analyzed colors used, talked about contrast a LOT regarding textures, sizes of things, colors, values, etc.  Yous have to plan for contrast when you are choosing what colors to use in your texture paintings that you make before you ever kickoff to collage. I told them realistic color was not important, merely paint colors that you similar and then think what colors would look skilful with those colors and keep building a folder of your own papers that volition show contrast, only also repeat colors a fleck by irresolute the value or use those colors in a new combination with different colors to add unity through repetition. The other effect with immature kids is keeping all of their papers organized.  Each of my kids painted 2 or 3 18x24 sized papers. Ane large sheet for the background and another for the animal. Emphasize contrast here so the animal volition show upwards on the background.  I accept a couple of kids that despite MANY reminders to make the two pages Unlike (warm/cool, complementary, bright/dull, very textured/lilliputian texture, night/calorie-free, etc., they withal ended up painting their favorite (same) colors for both.  1 student  loves that information technology'southward camouflaged. The kickoff big page was supposed to exist intuitively  painted with colors that they loved.

We used texture sheets with hard pressed crayons painted over with watercolors. We as well used those patterned paint rollers on sponges y'all encounter in Sax catalogue.  Those were likewise used with watercolors (Prang 16 color boxes).  I also had some gilded liquid watercolor. I also told them to be sure to make some blackness textured newspaper to use for eyes, olfactory organ, etc. Some fabricated blackness textured animal paper. Some of them used some Sax Ultra plus tempera ...great colors.  Mainly when I started running out of watercolors, we broke out the tempera and watered it downwards. Another wonderful way to paint beautiful papers is to spray water on marking colored coffee filters laying on a white sheet of newspaper to take hold of the drips.  Spray it pretty heavily and the colors drain in incredible ways onto the canvas behind the java filter.  We utilise the java filter papers (in radial designs) to make stained glass windows with black construction newspaper, only we go on the paper that they bleed onto in that same bit box with the Eric Carle paper.  They make gorgeous cut up newspaper in collages.

The second page of 18x24 was to contrast and await crawly with the first page.  Some painted a 3rd large ane before they really liked the colors of each page together as it volition be in their collage.  Afterward that, we painted smaller sheets of colors for details they would make in their collages ....spots on their animal, eye colour, flowers, bugs, clouds, sun, grass, water, toenails, etc.  I kept reminding them to think alee for details... try to meet the flick you want to make in your listen's eye and pre-pigment all of the colors of paper you will demand before you collage.  The good news is, at that place is a LOT of bit very quickly and kids can share each other'southward scraps.  To keep young kids with MANY sheets of paper organized, I had them brand tabular array folders and private folders inside the table folders.  Each class flow, each table would put their moisture paintings in their designated area (past table) in the Drying Rack.  I collected the table folders on a table next to the drying rack and when the pages were dry out, I merely slid the pages for each table back into their table folders.  The kids individually were reminded repeatedly to be responsible most getting their own pages into their individual folders.  When they started collaging, I had them put their individual folders effectually the perimeter of the room and so they could access them without tripping over 10,000 sheets of paper.  I told them to but bring a couple of sheets of paper to their table at a time and proceed going back to their folders when they were ready for more than colors of newspaper.  Y'all could also have them put their whole folder on the flooring under their tables.  The issue is that you want them to stay organized and keep all of their pages together (not strung out all over the room). You don't want information technology all out at the same time on their desk, just you desire information technology to be easily accessible for them.  We spent some of almost every period trying to notice someone's page that was missing.  I had the kids get from table to table looking in the other kids' folders to try to notice their missing pages offset.  Anyone who had to spend time doing this learned to stay organized after that.

When nosotros looked at Eric Carle's work, we talked about how many pieces he used to brand his animals ....separate pieces for artillery, legs, wings, tails, ears, nose, etc.  I demonstrated how to fold a piece of newspaper in half to cut a very skinny J that when opened upward makes that kind of mouth that rabbits, dogs, cats, lions, tigers, etc. have.  I demonstrated multiple cutting of stacked newspaper to make many flowers at a time, or many spots at a fourth dimension.  With young kids, y'all actually earn your $$ because all of this has to be repeated so many times earlier they all get it.

I Honey doing this projection each year.  Kids love it as well.  What's not to beloved about Eric Carle, whimsy, color for color'south sake, and having so much fun while you lot are doing it?

Evaluation:

Linda says "They had so much fun that they would nevertheless be painting paper if I hadn't cut them off."

1. Did students analyze the work of Eric Carle? Were they able to see how the works were made?

2. Did students create a variety of textured papers using various methods presented?

3. Were students able to create a collage showing dissimilarity, unity and rhythm?

4. Did students exhibit skills and craftsmanship in executing their collage?

See the Eric Carle art project, Mixed Upward Chameleon from Bonsack Elementary. As well run into some turtles past Eric Carle. Some of the thumbnail images are broken but when you click on them, all the images are visible. See the biography on Eric Carle.

Easy adaptation for Kindergarten and Outset Class - from Marianne Galyk:

I take done something similar with first graders when they were studying Eric Carle and The Very Hungry Caterpillar in their regular classroom. I cut a diverseness of colors of construction paper into smaller pieces (half dozen per 9"x12" canvas). Each student did several pieces. I put one color of tempera on a newspaper plate and for painting utensils in each color I had pieces of sponge on a clothespin, -tips and plastic forks. (It'due south nice if you get the one-concluded swabs and then that they don't stick both ends in the paint.) Every and so ofttimes I did a three-2-1 countdown and said "switch" and I would take green from one table (with all that color'southward utensils put dorsum on the plate) and switch it with yellowish from another table (etc.) so that most tables would get to utilize nigh colors before our time was up. They could experiment decorating their papers with patterns, dots swirls, etc. I tried to stress letting some of the groundwork color evidence through.) We didn't put any names on papers (which drives a few of them crazy the adjacent form period because they are searching for "theirs"). I merely throw them all into a big box later they are dry. First grade used them to create the caterpillar during the next grade. Crayons or markers tin can exist used for cartoon. Y'all could apply them for whatsoever kind a creatures.

Very Hungry Caterpillar Variation from Stephanie Corder, AZ University in St. Croix, U.s. Virgin Islands

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We started with exploring the Color Wheels, and then made our ain colors with tissue newspaper collage. I used the papers we made to cut out caterpillar body shapes (a serial of five green circles and one red for the face) and had them draw faces and legs on them. Then I used a rectangular strip from the same paper to mimic the basis on the title page of "The Hungry Caterpillar".  With a Hole Paper Punch, I made a series of negative infinite circles, and had them gum the circles I'd cut out onto the same slice of paper, creating lots of "caterpillar eggs". The end outcome was great! I'm property them for our visual arts show, and I'm going to use the leftover papers for us to make a giant butterfly to display them with!

Submitted by: Linda Woods, St. John's Lower Schoolhouse, Houston, Texas
Unit: Collage/painting/printmaking
Lesson Programme: "Matisse" Withal Life Collage
Class Level: Elementary (these are second grade - adaptable through middle school)
Schoolhouse Web Site: St. John's Lower School (click on Art stories until you run into Linda's moving picture)

Lesson Summary: Students in Grade Two were introduced to still life artworks by many artists. We investigated various themes and subjects painted. Techniques of overlapping were likewise introduced. Following the introduction of notwithstanding life painting, we switched gears to creating our ain still life collages from imagination. Potato prints and stamps were added for pattern and texture. We used construction paper and tempera pigment in the cosmos of these little masterpieces. Materials: Potatoes, knives, Tempera Paint, Construction Newspaper, Prang Watercolor Pan Sets, Brushes, water dishes, Scissors, White Glue Note: Scratchfoam stamps could be made and purchased stamps could too be used.

Teachers: Adapt Linda'southward Eric Carl lesson plan to fit this lesson This lesson was an imaginary nonetheless life. Linda used Matisse examples, but too other artists (Come across Artcyclopedia). It was also a collage. They used potato prints and stamps with Sax Ultra Plus paint. Students could paint on anything they wanted to in the yet life ...patterned backgrounds, patterns on vases, etc. They could use cut paper patterns (multiple cuttings) or they could pigment or stamp patterns.

Eric Carle for Middle School

From Bunki Kramer, Los Cerros Middle School.

Resource

DVD: Eric Carle: Eric Carle: Picture Writer
Books: You Tin can Make a Collage: A Very Simple How-To Book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
The Very Decorated Spider by Eric Carle
The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle

Tips from Bunki Kramer

We did quite a bit of "insect" inquiry before we began.

Eric Carle paints on tissue paper. It really isn't too delicate considering once y'all lay the showtime layer of tempera color on information technology, it's pretty much similar regular drawing paper... thicker. We painted the first layer, let it dry, ironed it to get out wrinkles, and added another layer of decorative painting. We used all SORTS of items to decorate like finger prints, other end of paint brush to scratch lightly, splatter, dots, dashes, dabs, etc. We made "communal" papers and did v or more than papers per student and ii students stayed at the iron and ironed them all before nosotros began. I laid all the finished papers on a separate table and kids went to the table as colors were needed. You can encounter our finished work at...

See student fine art work inspired by Eric Carle on Bunki Kramer's 8th form gallery.

He has a wonderful video which shows his "paper making" and a small talk on how he sets up his book writing. It's geared for unproblematic teachers and students but Bunki's 8th graders found it fascinating. They were all familiar with his piece of work from elementary school books. The video is called "Eric Carle... Picture Writer". Art piece of work shown from Madison Center School (Archive)

From a Getty list member: Have you seen the book "Hullo Scarlet Fox"?  I use it with my 7th and 8th graders. The volume is based on afterimages (complementary colors). It includes a brief history of the afterimage. The red fox is actually illustrated every bit a light-green flim-flam. A blank page with a small blackness dot is provided opposite each epitome. You stare at the green fox for a few seconds, and then look at the black dot and the red flim-flam appears as an afterimage. The students beloved this concept.

Nosotros and then create our "painted papers" (we scout the video Eric Carle: Moving-picture show Author too) .  I encourage the students to choose animals with one or two colors.  We then apply collage to create animals.  I display the collages with large sheets of blank white newspaper and an explanation of the afterimage.  The titles of the piece of work normally draws in students passing by ("Bluish Whale" by a large orange whale, etc.).  This display is e'er a big hit.

Larry Prescott, Madison Heart School Paper Quilts from Traditional Designs (Archive) Larry showed his students the video Eric Carle Picture Writer. Students studied traditional quilt designs. They drew their design on graph newspaper to brand a template (I would recommend making some photocopies for the students). After painting a least three colors of tissue paper per pupil suing Eric Carle's techniques, the cutting began (students tin can use the templates every bit patterns and cutting many at a time. Stencil cut out can be used to help place the shapes so no pencil lines show in the finished collage. Save left over newspaper for futurity projects.

Dan Torpey's Newspaper Quilts

See paper quilts past Kelly Cook from Seattle. Kelly dyes her papers.

Native American Folktale "Do You Meet the Raven?" by Michael Gerrish. Shown are first and final text pages. The collages were made with tempera pigment on scrap structure paper, and used as abstracted images meant to assist readers visualize the storyline.  These images are copyrighted - shown hither with permission.

Submitted by: Gina Loonshit
Unit of measurement: Collage (Braque, Picasso, Matisse, Bearden, Carle)
Lesson: Painted/patterned newspaper collage
Grade Level: 4th course

"Happy Lion" Click images for larger views	"Life is Expert"	"The Gates"

Day 1, Students will await at collages by Braque, Picasso, Matisse, Bearden, and Eric Carle. Nosotros volition discuss the history of collage and its emergence from Cubism. Students volition larn that collage can be abstract and represent an thought, or more realistic illustrations or narratives. They will respond to the artworks shown and clarify how the artists used shape, colour and texture to convey the tone, mood or bulletin of the piece.

24-hour interval 2, Students volition take a b/due west copy of a picture and use markers to identify and color in shapes, flattening the moving-picture show. This exercise  will help them break down images into elementary shapes. Students will use the remaining time to come up with an idea for their ain collages. Students volition take a selection in creating a collage illustration (like Eric Carle or Romare Bearden), or a "secret" collage (like Matisse).

Twenty-four hour period 3, Students volition create their ain painted paper, using things other than brushes to pigment in texture (ala Eric Carle), such as bubble wrap, toothbrushes, feathers, pigment scrapers, etc.

Day iv & 5, Students will assemble their collages.

Day 6, Students present their work to the class. Students who chose "secret" collages will let the class estimate what their work is well-nigh.

Students volition be assessed on their use of shape, color, and texture in their collage. They volition have to reply the question: Of the artists nosotros looked at, who's is your collage most like and why? Gina said that well-nigh students showed influence of Eric Carle. "The Gates" closely fit her objective of the lesson (to go across mimicking style).

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