sealife collage
Students will use glue + ripped/torn construction paper to create an under the sea collage for this art project. This art lesson includes easy to follow instructions. Enjoy!
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- reference dog photographs
- step-by-step instructions of actual projects
- a complete lesson plan with California State Visual Arts Standards
step-by-step visual instructions
The following are easy to follow step-by-step instructions.
1. paper has direction when torn
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2. tearing or ripping one way will be uneven or crooked - move hands as you tear little by little
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3.find the side that tears in a line
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4. tear brown construction paper + glue along the bottom of blue page
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5. add strips of green seaweed on one side - add pink coral tree with strips of pink on one side
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6. circular orange piece for fish body - made from square with corners ripped off
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7. smaller white circular white paper for eye
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8. black spot in center of white - yellow square torn in 1/2 for top + bottom fins
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9. add a side fin
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10. add 2 pieces for a tail - white
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11. add a mouth - red
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12. crab-red round body - black spots eyes - arms are 2 rectangular pieces each - 3 arms each side of body - 6 arms total
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13. completed piece
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14. completed piece
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15. completed piece
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17. completed project
objective
Students will be able to tear paper to make recognizable objects/images. Students will know how to tear construction paper in a line + unevenly. Students will know what a collage is + how to make a collage art piece.
materials
-12"x18" blue/turquoise construction paper
-1/2 sheet of 12"x18" brown construction paper
-1/2 sheet of 9"x12" construction paper; pink, green(light + dark), red, black, yellow, red, white, orange
-1/2 sheet of 12"x18" brown construction paper
-1/2 sheet of 9"x12" construction paper; pink, green(light + dark), red, black, yellow, red, white, orange
vocabulary
- Balance - Visual equilibrium in a composition; achieved by organizing the weight and attention of all elements in an artwork. Types of balance are symmetrical, asymmetrical, radial, and crystallographic.
- Collage - An artistic composition made of various materials (e.g. paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface.
- Harmony - The principle of design that combines elements in a work of art to emphasize similarities of separate but related parts.
- Proportion - The size relationships of one part to the whole and of one part to another.
- Scale - The size of an object or image that is measured by its relationship to the other objects and images that are recognized for their normal or actual size.
- Space - An area in which objects or images can exist.
- Shape - A two-dimensional are or plane that may be open or closed, free-form or geometric. It can be found in nature or is made by humans.
- Unity - Total visual effect in a composition achieved by the careful blending of the elements of art + the principles of design.
alternative
- use smaller paper
- focus on a large, single fish or on the sand creatures in the sea
- have students draw or paint there artwork after on another piece of paper
ca state visual art standards
1.0 ARTISTIC PERCEPTION
Develop Perceptual Skills and Visual Arts Vocabulary
1.1 Recognize and describe simple patterns found in the environment and works of art.
1.2 Name art materials. (e.g., clay, paint, crayons) introduced in lessons.
Analyze Art Elements and Principles of Design
1.3 Identify the elements of art (line, color, shape,/form, texture, value, space) in the environment and in works of art, emphasizing line, color, and shape/form.
2.0 CREATIVE EXPRESSION
Skills, Processes, Materials, and Tools
2.1 Use lines, shapes/forms, and colors to make patterns.
2.2 Demonstrate beginning skills in the use of tools and processes, such as the use of scissors, glue, and paper in a three-dimensional construction.
2.3 Make a collage with cut or torn paper shapes/forms.
Develop Perceptual Skills and Visual Arts Vocabulary
1.1 Recognize and describe simple patterns found in the environment and works of art.
1.2 Name art materials. (e.g., clay, paint, crayons) introduced in lessons.
Analyze Art Elements and Principles of Design
1.3 Identify the elements of art (line, color, shape,/form, texture, value, space) in the environment and in works of art, emphasizing line, color, and shape/form.
2.0 CREATIVE EXPRESSION
Skills, Processes, Materials, and Tools
2.1 Use lines, shapes/forms, and colors to make patterns.
2.2 Demonstrate beginning skills in the use of tools and processes, such as the use of scissors, glue, and paper in a three-dimensional construction.
2.3 Make a collage with cut or torn paper shapes/forms.