Project Title: Abstract hand collage with surface pattern drawing
Medium: Drawing and Collage – Abstract Project
Grade Theme: Metamorphosis & Transformation

Overview: Students will create abstract collages of hand shapes with added drawn surface design patterns
Art Skills: cutting, pattern making, collage
Process: Students will trace their hands on construction paper, cut, and glue them down onto art paper.  They will then break up the rest of the page with shapes that they will color and fill with surface patterns (not sequence patterns).
Materials: Mixed media paper, construction paper, watercolor pencils
Tools Provided by Classroom: Scissors, pencils, glue
Vocabulary: Abstract Art, Pattern, texture, color 
Additional Resource: Link to Art History and Connection
Multiple Subject Integration: math, patternmaking, color theory

*Please note that samples were made by teaching artists.  Students will be encouraged to make their own versions of this project. Please DO NOT show students these samples in advance of the art lesson.

Description Summary: Today students had a special art lesson exploring abstract art and making collages with surface design patterns. They explored vivid color combinations, shapes, and abstract composition challenges.