Grade 3 Imaginative Animal Collages

Grade 3 artists with Mrs. Engles learned about collage, or art made with paper and glue. They learned there are many ways to change paper with both their hands (ripping, tearing, folding, etc.) and scissors (cutting various types of edges, making geometric and organic shapes, etc.). Artists looked at the wood sculptures by contemporary artist AJ Fosik and were asked “If you were to create a symmetrical collage of an imaginary animal’s face, what animals might you choose as your inspiration?”  

AJ Fosik

Students then spent several classes creating the features of their animal face through the collage techniques they learned (arranging shapes, layering, overlapping, etc.). To finish their collages, artists considered textures they see on animals (fur, feathers, scales, etc.) and considered how they might create these textures on their animal collages (adding textured paper, cutting various edges, ripping, etc.).

Please enjoy these fierce and friendly imaginary animal face collages inspired by the work of AJ Fosik!