Weidman Cats

Here are some of the Weidman cats that Kindergarten created last week.

They drew their cat using black crayon then added color by painting a wash over the entire picture. They added a collage frame with colored paper. Finally, they printed circles and squares using cardboard tubes and boxes that were dipped in black printing ink.

MESSY!

And lots of fun!

Weidman's Cat:

David Weidman

Hanna-Barbera cartoons were my absolute favorite as a kid growing up in the 70s. Maybe this is why when I look at the art of David Weidman these days, I am completely overcome with giddiness. And doesn't he just look like a nice guy?

I seriously squeal aloud when I see works like this one:

and this one: oh, and this one:

Well, I could go on and on.
Obviously, I get so excited showing off his artwork to my students.

I am thinking I will do Weidman cats this year with Kindergarten. We talked a lot about cats since we just studied Gustav Klimt, so I think it might be a good transition.




I'll update when we finish the project. It's going to be fun!