Andy Goldsworthy Leaves

3rd Grade Mixed Media



What Beautiful fall colors! 3rd grade just finished learning about Andy Goldsworthy and his work with natural materials. We critiqued a few of his famous images, looking for the art elements in each. To begin our project, each of the 3rd graders described and drew a specific type of wind. Some choose a breezy wind, others chose a strong, blustery wind. They illustrated their wind with white crayon on a blue paper. Then, for the leaves, we used ironed plastic bags. the material was a little difficult to cut, but they did an awesome job! we painted the leaves using a combination of yellow and red. Fantastic results!