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On the Farm<br />
Arianna Laureano-Medina<br />
Grade: 2<br />
School: PS 173, Manhattan<br />
<strong>Art</strong> Teacher: Erin Belmond<br />
Torn-and-cut-paper collage<br />
STUDENT: I want you to look at my collage<br />
and think you’re on a farm in Virginia.<br />
I want you to get inspired to make a<br />
collage yourself. When you work really<br />
hard on an artwork people can see<br />
it and feel it. Working hard on an art<br />
piece is rewarding to me and when I’m<br />
finished I feel very proud of myself.<br />
I made my collage by ripping and<br />
cutting different colored papers and<br />
then placing and gluing them on a<br />
large paper. It was challenging to<br />
make the shape of the cow’s body.<br />
TEACHER: This was the final artwork of a<br />
seven week collage unit. I collaborated<br />
with the students’ classroom teacher<br />
and had students create collages of<br />
the farm animals they were studying<br />
in class. Students tore, cut and used<br />
papers in varieties of geometric and<br />
organic shapes, to create sky, ground,<br />
and background details. Students then<br />
made their animals. As the viewer I<br />
can imagine the noise of the farm and<br />
feel its beautiful weather and lush<br />
grass. Arianna worked quietly and<br />
intently on this collage. Her artwork<br />
demonstrated a deep understanding<br />
of collage, space, and proportion.<br />
She used paper both torn and cut in<br />
different sizes, shapes, textures, and<br />
directions. Arianna included tints and<br />
shades of color in the sky, grass, and<br />
animals. There is even a foreground,<br />
middle ground, and background.<br />
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