Colleen Carroll Visits Washington Irving School
Colleen Carroll is the author of the 12-volume series of books titled How Artists See. “Her books encourage children to look critically, answer-and ask-thought-provoking questions, and form an appreciation and understanding of an artist’s vision.” Each book focuses on a specific theme and leads the reader through a discussion of various works by different artists. This helps children to see how different artists have approached and treated the same theme. These books also help children to understand the importance of individual style.
On April 4th, Colleen Carroll came to visit Ms. Gallo’s fourth grade art classes. We focused specifically on the book How Artists See Animals. Students learned about how artists have portrayed realistic animals versus non-realistic animals using arbitrary color. They were engaged in a very thought provoking discussion led by Colleen as they followed through her big book version of How Artists See Animals. At the end of the session fourth graders were able to become an artist and create their own imaginary animals using unrealistic colors. We ended up with some pretty interesting animals! This activity will lead the fourth graders into their next art project in Ms. Gallo’s class. A special thanks to Ellie Becker and the Foundation for making this possible.
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