Thursday, January 21, 2016

Birds of a Feather

Birds by Charley Harper (click on link below to see more)
Charley Harper is the artist who inspired this week's Kindergarten lesson.  His stylized paintings simplify forms with shapes and lines.  The students created a collage scene using paper and some splatter paint, and then they built various birds from cut paper shapes.  I have been trying to find ways to give them more practice with scissors, and cutting these shapes was a fun way to do that.  Most of the birds could be made from circles and triangles.  Here are a few samples from the two classes.
Sophia, Kindergarten

Xander, Kindergarten

Eli, Kindergarten

Aiden, Kindergarten


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