Action Jackson

Third grade artists have been exploring the abstract work of “Action Jackson” Pollock.  Many of them loved his “drip paintings” and couldn’t wait to try his spatter technique!  Sadly, I think our poor custodian, Mr. Rob, would freak out if we started throwing buckets of paint around on the art room floor….so we settled for some string printing instead.  This was just as fun, and the results were very Action-Jackson-esque!

As they were working, several of my students talked about the “snowstorm” of color that they were creating.  Their comments provided the inspiration for our next step – framing the string prints with a snowflake border.  The hardest part of this step….remembering that we were using the outside, not the inside shape – a real test of our understanding of positive/negative space.

Last step – adding our teeny tiny selves and friends inside the snowstorm.

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