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Synthia St. James
Synthia St. James
is an African American Artist who is famous for creating abstract paintings of people gathering and celebrating. She uses bright colors, simplified shapes to represent bodies, and faces turned in 3/4 view and profile. She uses lots of repetition of shape for her paintings.
We're making celebration collages!
We're making celebration collages!
We're making celebration collages using colorful construction paper. Like Synthia St James, we will simplify the head, body, and hair. We will overlap shapes to make the people look like they are closely connected.
Gather your paper, pencils, scissors, and glue.
Gather your paper, pencils, scissors, and glue.
You need a background paper, colorful paper for clothing, and neutral colors for skin and hair.
Make your people.
Make your people.
Keep it Simple
Keep it Simple
Make your clothes, make your head, glue them to the paper,
Overlap the bodies to make your celebration
Overlap the bodies to make your celebration
Reflection Questions
Reflection Questions
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