TPP: HM PC in the Style of Eric Carle

Eric Carle is an American designer, illustrator and writer of children's books. He is probably best known for this book:

Here is what he says about how he creates his art:

My pictures are collages. I didn’t invent the collage. Artists like Picasso and Matisse and Leo Lionni and Ezra Jack Keats made collages. Many children have done collages at home or in their classrooms. In fact, some children have said to me, “Oh, I can do that.” I consider that the highest compliment.

I begin with plain tissue paper and paint it with different colors, using acrylics. Sometimes I paint with a wide brush, sometimes with a narrow brush. Sometimes my strokes are straight, and sometimes they’re wavy. Sometimes I paint with my fingers. Or I paint on a piece of carpet, sponge, or burlap and then use that like a stamp on my tissue papers to create different textures.

These papers are my palette and after they have dried I store them in color-coded drawers. Let’s say I want to create a caterpillar: I cut out a circle for the head from a red tissue paper and many ovals for the body from green tissue papers; and then I paste them with wallpaper glue onto an illustration board to make the picture.

For this swap, make a handmade PC in Eric Carle's style.

You may use his painted tissue paper collage technique OR you may use any other technique and medium you like.

There are lots of art projects online for ideas

Make sure your PC has a sturdy backing.

Send it naked and on the back write a note to your partner about one of the following:

• If you had to be a flower, what kind you would be and why

• What you do on Saturdays

• A favourite childhood memory

Have fun!