Kindergarten
– 2nd Grade Collages Inspired by the work of picture book artist
Eric Carle
“I begin with plain tissue paper and paint it
with different colors, using acrylics. Sometimes I paint with a wide brush,
sometimes with a narrow brush. Sometimes my strokes are straight, and sometimes
they’re wavy. Sometimes I paint with my fingers. Or I paint on a piece of
carpet, sponge, or burlap and then use that like a stamp on my tissue papers to
create different textures.These papers are my palette and after they have dried I store them in color-coded drawers. Let’s say I want to create a caterpillar: I cut out a circle for the head from a red tissue paper and many ovals for the body from green tissue papers; and then I paste them with wallpaper glue onto an illustration board to make the picture.” - Eric Carle
Our students explored painting paper using many techniques:
Scratching texture through paint with combs
Sponge painting
Textured sponge paint rollers
Sprinkling salt on wet paint
Painting on wet paper
Paper Marbling
Saran wrap, bubble wrap on wet paint
Straw painting
Splatter painting
Crayon rubbings and resist painting
Monoprints
Sponge painting
Textured sponge paint rollers
Sprinkling salt on wet paint
Painting on wet paper
Paper Marbling
Saran wrap, bubble wrap on wet paint
Straw painting
Splatter painting
Crayon rubbings and resist painting
Monoprints
Students chose papers to
represent sky and ground. Then
they cut out shapes from other papers to show animals and other details for
their pictures.
