Beautiful Stuff Sorting Classifications and Words

By General Colors eg
Green Red White Yellow Blue Orange

By Shape

By Texture

By Primaries and Secondaries

By Property eg Natural and Manmade and/or Plastic or Bio-Degradable

Shiny and Sparkly vs Non Shiny

By Tints

By Transparent, Translucent, Opaque

Words and Concepts Derived from Handpainting Papers

Language/Vocabulary
Texture Smooth Pattern Wet Dry Lines Strokes Vertical Horizontal Blending Mixing Swirling Stamping Dabbing Primary Secondary Complimentary Tertiary Analagous Warm Cool

Math
Proportions
A lot
A little
Thin thick
Edge Center Left Side Right Side Intersection Symmetry Balance

Science
Wet Dry Viscosity Flow Drips Drops Texture Color Theory

"How I Paint My Papers" Eric Carle

"How I Paint My Papers"  Eric Carle

http://www.eric-carle.com/slideshow_paint.html

Picasso Braque Matisse Collages

Open this link to see many:
Picasso Braque Matisse Collages

https://www.google.com/search?q=Picasso+COllages&client=firefox-a&hs=2XD&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=I6luUpilKLPH4APm9IAI&ved=0CC4QsAQ&biw=960&bih=498

Beautiful Stuff Book/ Learning with Found Materials

Here are some pages taken from the Beautiful Stuff Book.
Steps One, Two, Three:
Collect!  Sort!!  Store!

TYC Journal. Picturing Good Practice: "Using Collage to Encourage Creativity, High-Level Thinking and Conversation!"

TYC Journal.

February/March 2012 - Vol. 5, No. 3

Picturing Good Practice:  "Using Collage to Encourage Creativity, High-Level Thinking and Conversation!" by Triada Samaras And Janis Strasser with Michele Russo

 

Beautiful Stuff Project

Here is an image of the table full of recycling materials that we used to started our Beautiful Stuff Project at the Prospect Park School in NJ.  Teachers created recycling sculptures (ephemeral art) from random materials gathered at home followed by posters.  These creative activities, inspired by the book, Beautiful Stuff, by Cathy Weisman Topal and Lella Gandini, are designed to support and inspire teacher work in the classroom, particularly in the area of writing.  The recycled sculptures created by the teachers generated rich responses from them.  They were prompted by the Feldman Method of looking at artworks and utilizing high level questions about the artworks.