Eric Carle author study

 

These collages were the final activity during our study of Eric Carle.
To introduce the children to the unique style used by Carle, we watched the video
Eric Carle story writer.  This a wonderful video in which Carle talks about his style while
demonstrating how he he does his artwork.  After this we began to read many
of his books each day, particularly the ones with insects/animals.  The children
got to pick an animal for their own collage.  Then, they drew the animal on paper.
We painted  large pieces of white bulletin board paper (pictured at the top of this page) using
brush strokes to create patterns in the paper.  After this dried the kids
used it to cut the shapes out to make their animals.  The final step was gluing
the cut out shapes on a piece of white tagboard.  These were really a lot of fun. The kids
were so excited to be doing their work "just like Eric Carle"!