In my land art piece, I made a large flower out of other smaller flowers. I learned that you need to take time to pick out your flowers carefully, and make sure that you can get enough weeds and flowers to fill up the spaces in the fence if you're doing a piece like this. I think that this piece was successful in the way that the colors looked and that it sort of looked like a flower when you put all of the pieces together. If I did this piece again, I would change the type of flowers that I used, and I would also make a stem for the flower out of grass.
In my newspaper art piece, I learned that I had to crumple the newspaper pieces many times to get the desired effect, and I also had to glue the pieces together in many places, on the paper as well as to each other. I think this piece was successful in that it portrayed the idea that the newspaper is made out of a tree, and the cycle goes on. The only thing I would have changed is that I would make the "trunk" of the tree longer and I would also add a tire swing made out of black and white newsprint.
My object art flower ballerina piece is probably one of my favorite things that I made this unit. I learned that you have to make sure that all of your components (if you get them outdoors) must be completely dry or they won't stick to the paper. I felt that this piece was successful in that the flowers look like a full ballerinas skirt. The only thing I would have changed is that I would have made the sketch of the girl a little bit more detailed and realistic. Overall, I really like how this mini lesson looks. |