Building Collages...

I read Abuela by Arthur Durros, to my class and we discussed living in buildings. This discussion lead to our Building Collages.


The students first discuss things that happen inside buildings such as going up and down stairs, looking out of windows, being with families,sitting on furniture etc. Then they are asked to draw and color a scene in their building.

The student above has drawn herself going up stairs.

When the building is placed upon the blue paper it should be placed upon cardboard in order to lift the picture off of the paper's surface. 3D.

Supplies:
CardStock
Red, Brown, Blue and White paper
Glue
Crayons
Cardboard or thick foam
optional: stickers, different color construction paper

Conjure Woman by Romare Bearden

Thurgood Marshall Lower Academy Kindergarten class attended a trip to the Studio Museum in Harlem. We saw and discussed Romare Bearden and his collage, Conjure Women. We observed Romare Bearden's original collage and it was exciting. I read a book that I wrote and illustrated entitled, I Love Collage and we did collage portraits. They are fabulous!