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Joan Miró Inspired Figures

First Grade students were introduced to the Spanish artist Joan Miró.  They learned that he was a Surrealist, which meant he used his dreams as inspiration for his artwork.  We observed Miró's painting People and Dog In Sun and the students discussed all the things they noticed in his artwork.  They noted his use of geometric shapes and color and realized that put together they resembled people.  We began our project by defining the word texture (the way something feels) and created implied texture by using crayons and rubbing plates to prepare the surface of our paper.  Afterward we used black paint and oil pastels to create our Miró inspired figures using various geometric shapes and lines.