5th graders began this project by looking at the art of contemporary artist, Yue Minjun. They noticed his use of
line, shape and exaggeration to express emotion in his artwork.
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| Yue Minjun |
They compared
his work to emojis, or small digital icons. They noticed
that emojis also use line, simple shapes, a limited color palette and
exaggeration to convey an emotion or idea.
Students then brainstormed ideas for
their own original emojis and picked two to sketch in their
sketchbooks. Next class, students picked one of their original emoji ideas to
create in collage, which they worked on for several classes. They learned how
to cut paper in a variety of ways, layer pieces and compose a basic composition
with background to make these beautiful collages.
Students finished by
reflecting on their artistic process and choices in writing.
Please enjoy these
excellent emoji collages!!
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| Angel, 5Red |
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| Phia, 5 Bennett |
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| Miguel, 5 Bennett |
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