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Nature Inspired Collage Compositions (Grade 5)

LESSON

Description:

Students will explore collage by cutting and tearing commercially printed and hand-painted papers* to create a collage inspired by their drawings and observations of plant/flower forms.

*Note to teachers: hand-painted papers should be made prior to collage unit. Papers can be made by students who finish lessons early or during a previous painting exploration.

Grade 5 Benchmark:

Students begin sequential unit projects; extend knowledge of art media and compositional and design elements; choose new ways of using familiar tools and materials, and deepen imaginative capacities, observational and expressive skills.

Performance Indicators:

Create a collage using hand-painted paper that demonstrates:

awareness of visual textures

mixing secondary and tertiary colors

designing and cutting out shapes

use of positive and negative space

Key Skills & Knowledge
Lessons
Assessment

Key Skills & Knowledge

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Students will be able to:

Carefully observe natural forms

Draw organic shapes

Create a composition using cut and torn paper shapes

Use color to create a mood

Create an interesting composition by varying the size and shape of negative spaces

Incorporate texture in the collage

Students will understand that:

Artists are inspired by the natural world.

The shapes found in nature are organic.

Artists experiment before deciding on an arrangement.

Artists use media and compositional elements for their expressive qualities

Artist use familiar materials in new ways

Artists manipulate art elements to achieve interesting compositions

Vocabulary:

shape, free-form, organic, reflection, collage, inspiration, composition, arrangement, challenging, mood, primary, secondary, tertiary, abstract, representational, positive space, negative space, background, actual texture, visual texture, illusion, details, enhance