This was such a fun lesson on how mistakes can create opportunities in art!
After reading Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg, I had my students choose an "oops" from an "oops box," which was full of old scrap paper from previous lessons. I sifted through the scraps ahead of time to ensure a variety of interesting colors and shapes.
Students glued the "oops" to a new collage page and could use oil pastels, crayons, markers, and liquid watercolor to turn their scrap into "something beautiful." It was such an amazing, powerful lesson for the students on allowing mistakes to guide our choices as artists.
Some very original examples:
(I love this fish's smile!)
Space Bird! by Valeria, 3rd Grade
Alligator by Kylan, 3rd Grade
Sparkly Snail by Gavyn, 3rd Grade
Dino Monster by Perry, 3rd Grade
Skateboard by Aaron, 3rd Grade
Shiny Volcano by Sarah, 3rd Grade
Serpents by Kushal, 3rd Grade
Bird in Nest by Nsikan, 3rd Grade
Golden Bee by Isabel, 3rd Grade
Spaceship by Arlan, 3rd Grade
Wildfire by Ariana, 3rd Grade
Lava Flow by Brooke, 3rd Grade
What a great art lesson! How fun it must have been for the kids to grab an "oops" and make a beautiful work of art from it. I'm loving "Lava Flow" and "Bird in Nest." :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Mary! I cannot help but agree! :)
ReplyDeleteBlown away! Amazing to see. Thank you for posting this!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI need to buy that book! Great lesson. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment and for joining our blog, Patty! I am a big fan of Deep Space Sparkle. :)
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