Eric Carle Inspired Art

Author and artist Eric Carle uses his own methods to create art. He can work for hours on his art work, and is inspired by many different areas. He paints his own tissue paper to create unique textures and color patterns. He wets down the paper, and then paints over it in any design he sees suitable  Then he sketches a page in the actual size it will be seen. After lining the sketch onto a dry tissue paper, he uses an Exacto knife to cut each piece of the art. He glues each piece in place after he has everything set in the right spot.

Extension activities
  1) You could have the students create a class book about their favorite activities.

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