Cardinal in early Spring |
Tweet tweet!
Apologies. I could not resist.
I just joined Twitter @MrsElliottArt, and third graders are finishing birds.
I just joined Twitter @MrsElliottArt, and third graders are finishing birds.
Blue Jay in Winter |
Grade 3 artists have been looking at native, year-round Vermont bird species, and have been illustrating them by collaging painted papers. We began the first day by looking at photographs of birds and considering their textures and colors, and how to best recreate those in painted papers.
Goldfinch in Autumn |
In the first class students also drew trees on white paper, and then dragged painted cardboard over them to create the birches you see in their work.
Red winged blackbird in Autumn |
The following week, they began the collage by cutting out and rearranging their trees into single birches or clusters. Artists had the choice to either draw their own bird or begin with a template of the body, to which they designed and added wings, beaks, feet, tufts, tails, and eyes.
Downy woodpecker in Winter |
Noticing and recreating all of the details out of paper was the primary challenge- keep it realistic, no pencil showing.
Goldfinch in Spring |
Cardinal in Summer |
Brown-headed cowbird in Autumn |
Sparrow in Spring |
These artists are very proud of how these collages came out, and I couldn't agree more.
Tweet, tweet!
Here are a couple more beauties.
I love the birch paper for the wing |
Leaf pile! |
Speaking of leaf piles, you should go jump in one. Fall's nearly over y'all.
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