Draft Folder Clean UP: Engaging one day projects week! Collage Portraits and Collage Heads

This post was originally started 6/14/2014

Juxtaposition is a 21st century principle of design that I LOOOOOOOOVE!

Collage Portraits is a fun one day lesson that always gains positive results.  This lesson can be as intense or as easy as you wish.  I like to do it as a sketchbook lesson, or a super end of year project.

that's as far as a got! 

It is a great lesson!  Take digital photos of the kids, print in black and white, and have them cut them out.  Glue the kid to the center of a plain paper and make a few more copies.  Then let the kids add background, or things to their picture etc... This was perfect at the art studio because I had very few students and access to my laser printer/copier immediately.  It wouldn't work so hot in a large class.

Another variation of this that is fun - Cut out a bunch of heads out of a magazine.  Photocopy them.  Have kids cut out the copies of the heads they like and glue them down.  Next, finish the picture.  In can be with a body, or something else!  Sometimes the randomness of this is AMAZING!

Well that took a disturbing turn.

She looks so innocent!!