Charley harper cardinal

Second graders took a look at some of the work by Charley Harper today. He is described as a modernist artist and is best known for his simple geometric shapes drawings. Most of his work depicts wildlife. The focus today was on several of his prints with a cardinal theme. Students followed along as they drew their cardinals using the instructions below. The next step involved taking a look at the vegetation outside the windows of the classroom in order to really see what a heavy frost made…

Charley Harper is an American Modernist artist known for his illustrations of all sorts of wildlife. He called it "minimal realism" but I call it awesome.

Ahhh, I’m in love with this art quilt. I own a book called Birds and Words with this very image in it; on my nightstand. It’s one of three art quilts Kit Lang made as part of a Charley …

Charley Harper was an illustrator and a graphic designer. He grew up on a farm and though he didn’t like working there, he loved walking through the woods and looking for birds and other anim…

3C has been learning about one of my favorite bird illustrators, Charlie Harper. Student studied Charley Harper’s love of animals and nature. We looked at and discussed his use of symmetry, f…

charley harper cardinal

This week, first grade will be starting a Charley Harper inspired artwork! He was an American artist who simplified nature into basic shapes, in a style which he called "Minimal Realism". You can learn more about Mr. Harper and view more of his works at his gallery website. After looking at examples of Mr. Harper's work, we will start on our own! We used blue Tru-Ray construction paper for the background 90lb Sax Multimedia paper for the birch trees Red Tru-ray paper Black tempera paint…

I've been having such fun! My house looks like a mess and we have been eating some strange meals, but who cares? Sometimes it's better to ...