In The Sights and Sounds of the Seasons we made colorful gourd collages using homemade painted papers. Children, old and young alike LOVE making painted paper--it's their chance to experiment and explore the endless possibilities of paint application and manipulation.
This was a two day project --one for painting papers and the next for making the collage.
Supplies are minimal and most are paint texturing items:
White suphite paper 12"x18"
Tempera paint in fall colors
Large Brushes
Magic Paint texturizing tools: Paint combs or scrapers,
sponges, toothbrushes, bubble wrap...anything that will add texture
1. Paints in warm fall colored paints (red, orange, yellow, brown, and green) were set out and children used various items to texture white suphite paper. Goards, pumpkins, leaves and Indian corn were displayed so students can observe the textures and colors.
2. We used toothbrushes to splatter, sponges to dab, bubble wrap to print, combs to drag, and even our fingers! Names were put on the papers before painting began. Ensure that students put names on all papers--they can also just be made for sharing with the whole class (some kids do grow attached to their papers though, but will share...some!)
3. In the next class students were inspired by a still life of various gourds, pumpkins, leaves and Indian corn to create a unique collage. Shapes were cut from the painted papers and sharing of papers was encouraged. Objects were arranged to overlap each other. These were glued to black paper to make the vibrant colors pop!
Below are some results.
Adric
Beth
Chloe
Cullen
Eddie
Gaia
Jake
Karlee
Levi
Maddy
Megan
Meredith
Seth
Miss Vanessa
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