Categories
- Curriculum: Art | Art Criticism | Language Arts
- Age/Grade: Elementary 1 | Elementary 2 | Elementary 3
- Subject: Writing | Painting | Analysis and Theory
- Materials: Pencils | Paint
- Institution: Riverbed Media
- Location: New York, New York
- Duration: 2 Classes
Description
This collaborative project, inspired by a set of prints Haring made titled, RED AND BLUE, asks children to interpret classmates' abstract shapes and write or tell a story about them.
Objective
Children will interpret classmates' abstract shapes as suggestive of real objects.
Children will write or tell a story about their favorite resulting image or series of images.
Resources
Materials
4 sheets of drawing paper per child
Red and blue tempera paint
A crude brush or sponge
Black marker
Writing paper and pencils; or computer word processing program
Procedure
4 sheets of drawing paper per child
Red and blue tempera paint
A crude brush or sponge
Black marker
Writing paper and pencils; or computer word processing program
Procedure