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Color Collages

A color collage with various orange elements, featuring text about the color orange and its associations with fire and the sun.Color collages featuring various green elements: plants, animals, and text, surrounded by handwritten notes about the color green.

 I really enjoy these pictures.  These were made by second graders.  This is a monochromatic color exercise.  The students flip through magazines to find pictures and swatches of one color and shades of that color.  They filled in some of the extra white spaces with markers.  Then, they wrote a poem that tells about the color.  I gave them some examples of how to use all the senses in their poems.
“Blue is….
Blue looks like…
Blue tastes like…
Blue smells like…
Blue feels like…
Blue is a …” and so forth.
I think this is a fun way to incorporate writing into an art project.

The orange one says:
Orange is the color of fire
Fire is one of the elements of the earth
Orange is a sunset
Orange feels HOT!
Orange smells like fire.
Orange tastes like chili that is hot
Orange is sunrise.”

A collage with red car images and text about the color red, including phrases like "Red tastes bitter" and "Red is lightning." The vibrant color captures attention and adds energy to the composition.


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About Marcia Beckett

Marcia is an elementary art teacher and loves painting, drawing, sculpture, art journaling and clay. Her blog, Art is Basic, features many exciting art projects for kids.

5 Responses to Color Collages

  1. Phyl says:

    FABULOUS!! I love the incorporation of writing right into the artwork. The kids should be very proud of these!

  2. Diane says:

    LOVE their creativity–I hope they never lose it as they get older!

  3. Janie B says:

    Great project! I do this, too, but next time I'm adding the writing. That really makes it!

  4. Katie Morris says:

    I must use facebook too much, I find myself looking for the “like” button!

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