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Real Animal Collage: Writing

What kind of animal did �you make?

Write down two things �you notice about your animal collage.

You can use these sentence starters:

I made a ____________.

I notice_______________ and ________________.

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Real Animal Collage: Sketchbook

Draw your animal in �your sketchbook.

Think about a place where your animal would live or likes to play. What kind of a place is it? What do you see there? What details are in this place?

Draw that around your animal.

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Real Animal Collage: Close Looking

Look closely at this collage �by Lois Elhert

What do you notice about this collage?

What shapes do you notice? How did the artist arrange them?

What patterns do you notice? What details do you see?

Resource:�Read aloud of Lots of Spots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prbYUTbFzpo

Lois Ehlert, from Lots of Spots, Beach Lane Books/Simon and Schuster, 2010

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Remote Arts Learning Partnership

Module Two �

Studio in a School NYC Team

Julie Applebaum, Senior Director

Remote Arts Learning Partnership Project DIrector

Writing Team Project Team

Andrea Burgay Jill Slaymaker Belinda Blum Nicola Giardina Paul Urevitch

Traci Talasco Monika Zarzeczna Andrea Burgay Katherine Huala

Graphic Design

Don Giordano

NYC Department of Education OASP Team

Karen Rosner, Director of Visual Arts

Amber Lodman, Arts Program Manager Kaitlin Trammell, Remote Arts Learning Partnership Project Coordinator

NYC Department of Education Visual Arts Teacher Team

Maria Bonilla Susan Bricker Amie Robinson Lara Tyson

These educational materials were created through a partnership with Studio in a School NYC and The New York City Department of Education Office of Arts and Special Projects (OASP) and made possible by the generosity of The New York Community Trust.

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