Second Grade Giuseppi Arcimboldo Inspired Self-Portraits

Second graders just finished a self-portrait collage lesson where we discovered the artist Giuseppi Arcimboldo.  Arcimboldo was known for his painted portraits of people made up of objects such as books, flowers, vegetables, and other plants.  We began our exploration of the artist through playing a game with the Smart board where the students could practice the concept of collaging a human portrait using various vegetables.  Then, the students were on their way cutting images from family and garden magazines to use in their portrait collage.  They turned out to be so unique! It was a funny lesson that had us all giggling all throughout art class!

Here is a look of some that are on display in the main hallway! They sure are getting a lot of attention from the teachers here at BES.... everyone thinks they are so creative!