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Article: Cool Cats: feline fun with abstract art.
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- Arts & Activities
- Article date:
- April 1, 2002
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A realist at heart, abstract art is always a tedious unit for me to teach, so I am constantly searching for new and interesting ways to introduce this particular style to my students. I love cats, and using them as subject matter for projects comes naturally for me. So, with cats on my mind, and a desire to come up with a fun way to teach abstract art, "Cool Cats" was conceived.
The first step was to have my art students sketch cats. They used old calendars, cards, magazines--anything that had photographs or pictures of cats. We discussed the meaning of the word "whimsical," and the children all agreed that cats could be very whimsical in their play! As they were ...