Painting with Mosaics

After reading an article called Painting with Scissors by Honigman and Bhavnagri’s (1998) our teacher asked us to create an ARTs activity that communicates personal understanding and identity in the world. Taking on the ideas of the articles Painting with Scissor i went in the direction of painting with mosaic. So here it is...

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STep OnE:

 Give you students a choice of papers, and a variety of

colourful paints. Ask them to use the paint to cover the paper, 

while they experiment with what happens when you combine

colours to make new ones! They can see what happens when 

mixing red and blue or adding white to make a colour lighter. 

STeP Two:

Once the paint has dried , have the students rip the

 paper all up into different size pieces and sizes. Let them 

fun and enjoy doing something that may seem a little 

unusual.  

SteP THreE:

Have the students now take the paper                                               

that is all riped up and make a mosaic! You 

could show them examples of mosaic artists so

that they understand what a mosaic is. Give them the

 freedom to make an abstract mosaic or a picture from the pieces.

They can glue the ripped pieces on card stock from a firm backing.

This activity gives students the opportunity to express and explore

their personal identity in the colours they choose to paint with; in the 

way choose to place the pieces, and in what they choose to create. 

This activity gives students the freedom to explore and use their creativity

to represent themselves in an abstract way. 

ART WORD OF THE WEEK:

Colour: pigments used that can set moods, express feeling, and represent objects. It is something that must be seen visually. Colour is all around you. You see it everywhere and everyday!