Week 2 - Illustrator Art

For week 2 of our visual art project, I chose to do illustrator art. For illustrator art, my task
was to choose an illustrator and create a piece of art that is similar to theirs. I chose to focus
on the illustrator Eric Carlisle. Through researching his choice of mediums, I learned that he
likes to make collages to create his work. For this project, I focussed on his book The Very
Hungry Caterpillar, and created my own hungry caterpillar through a collage. I think this
would be a great activity to implement in an elementary classroom. I think I would have each
of my students sign up for a different illustrator and then follow the same steps I did;
researching mediums the artist uses and then creating a piece similar to theirs. Growing up,
I don’t recall every learning much about illustrators, other than my teacher simply pointing
out their name on the cover of a book. This would be an excellent activity to get kids excited
to dive into different aspects that go into creating a book, and also give them a deeper
appreciation for the art in them.

Here is an interesting blog that gives many ways to integrate art into the general education
classroom: https://minds-in-bloom.com/art-integration-for-classroom-teachers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+MindsInBloom+(Minds+in+Bloom)
There are also several ways to integrate illustrator art into the classroom as well! One of my
favorite ideas I saw was to let students illustrate and write a sequel to their favorite book or
an alternate ending to their favorite story. That is such a great way to get them in the mindset
of the illustrator, while also displaying their creative sides!

Here's another interesting and creative idea from the blog I posted!