Pretty spectacular, aren't they?
Lots of fun to make as well. Little did we know (for all those "I'll never use math" naysayers) that we would use plenty of math - specifically geometry and algebra - to complete these, without even knowing it.
For example, how do right triangles, equilateral triangles, acute and obtuse triangles fit together evenly, while leaving equal spacing between each piece? Tricky - and fun!
Also, knowing how large to make the substrate for the amount of painted/cut paper to be glued on it was another problem to figure out.
Of course, running out of space would mean not using all of the collage pieces. Not enough pieces would mean cutting down the substrate to fit. In art, either solution is okay!
We also made rules - such as cutting out triangles only for this piece. And none of them should touch - we tried to leave even spacing between each shape.
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| Smaller cut, puzzle-like elements. Artist age 8 |
Abstract paintings were created with liquid watercolor (mostly using wet-on-wet techniques) on student-grade 90 lb. watercolor paper. Collages were then glued to black or white square poster board.
Learn more about this abstract art project on our earlier post.
