- This workshop involves students working individually on something abstract at first, which will then turn into a figurative piece that makes sense once everyone’s work is pieced together (working in small groups to create a number of final artworks)
- No artistic experience necessary
- This activity encourages students to potentially get out of their comfort zone by copying an image that they are given (if they are not in a program of study that involves art), but then realize that they are able to create something amazing as a group.
Instructions:
- From the suggested artworks below (or one of your choosing), print a colour photocopy of the work.
- Draw a grid of squares on the photocopy and number the squares in order on the back of the photocopy ( this is necessary for reassembling the work at the end)
- Distribute one square per student, along with a square piece of paper
- Ask the students to recreate the design (which will appear to be abstract) from the photocopy onto their piece of paper
- You can use coloured pencils, markers, paint, or just pencil, depending on which image you choose
- When the students are done, they get together to re-assemble the squares in order
- The final product is always thrilling, as from everyone’s seemingly abstract parts, a figurative and recognizable object is born!
Examples of artworks:
Georges Seurat, The Eiffel Tower, 1889
Claude Monet, Bridge Over a Pond of Waterlilies, 1899
