Recently we have been discussing the Great Frida Kahlo and her unique artwork with the Grade 4 students. She inspired us to make these portraits of her. Frida is well known, among other things, for her incredible self-portraits. She had a very tough life, and her exploration of her life through her art has made her an inspiration for artists all over the world. We explored her creativity and biography in depth, and I was really impressed by how deeply the children immersed themselves in her Universe.
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Again the great Eric Carle. We made a painted paper lesson, it is such a fun technique, messy but fun. We first read the story, then we made the background paper and the polar bear paper. We used sponges, it is a very effective and fast technique and students love it so much. We limited the amount of colours to choose for the background to only 2.
Second day we trace the parts of the polar bear (stencils previously made) on the back side of the white painted paper, cut them and glue them to the background. Picture Alex holding his master piece Henri Matisse inspired all of our 3rd Graders to create a fantastic piece of art work. Matisse was a great painter during his entire life but when Henri was old he made cutout pictures. Since he was sick so often he had to spend lots of time in bed. It was easier to cut out pictures than use a paint brush! We used the same collage technique that he used; He liked to create images with organic shape cut-outs, just like we have done! Here you can see Henri's (not the Matisse one) creation. If you scan the QR code you will get a wonderful explanation of what is this piece of art about.
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