We've been using a new tool in our home school sessions. It's a website called Brain Pop Jr. There are lots of creative activities, games and videos that we can use to better explain things. They have a great social collection as well as art. We were reading about Ezra Jack Keats since his books are among Gabriella's favorites. She was then drawn to the idea of collaging as he often did in his illustrations. This opened up a whole new world of possibilities!
We took a walk to the Menil Museum which is close to our Houston home to see the Henry Darger that had recently been on display. She had noticed elements of collage in the 'Realms of the Unreal' piece previously. Sadly, they had removed the piece for something new, but we found plenty of other not-so-common pieces by little known artists that showed GREAT uses of collage!
On the way home we collected flowers and leaves for an idea she had for her very own collage. After several different attempts, she decided to make her first collage about her favorite subject, Maui the Holland Lop Bunny. She took about a dozen photos of him, had them printed and arranged them the way she chose on a piece of sturdy pressboard. Then she added some of the flowers with glue (after having them pressed over night) and added floral stickers wherever she felt moved. A personal message at the top and Voi-La! Se Magnifique! Collage!
Her next collage is supposed to be of us as a family and she has already taken some great photos of her and Jermaine. Hee hee. I hope he'll let me post it, cause it's pretty funny :D
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