Studying+Akrithakis

[|Works of art by Akrithakis] Some of the painter's favourite themes are the butterflies and the suitcases.

The students of the 24th Primary school of Thessaloniki, created works of art in the style of the painter.

1. They created collaborative collages with butterflies.They used paper, markers and colourful pencils. The children made their own butterfles, they cut them and they stuck them on large pieces of paper on the wall:



2.Collaborative work with one of the painter's favourite themes: Travelling. On large pieces of paper they drew suitcases using markers and every suitcase had its own theme:

3. The 'third dimension of Akrithakis"- Recycling old boxes and creating suitcases: The students wrapped boxes with recycled paper and they made their drawings on every surface following the style of the painter:



4. Using cardboard, curly paper, glue, wire for cleaning pipes and sticks, they created a collaborative valley of butterflies:

5. The 'dance of colours': Free expression with combination of bright colours can create impressive works of art:

6. Cross- thematic approach:
Teaching English in the 4th grade, Akrithakis butterflies were linked with a fairytale and 'still life' by Picasso: The fairytale [|The very hungry caterpillar] by Eric Carle, was chosen to make students familiar with vocabulary concerning food. It is about a caterpillar which eats various kinds of food and finally becomes a butterfly. After this lesson, the children created a collaborative collage with butterflies, studying the Greek painter Akrithakis and collages with fruit, studying still life by Picasso.



7. Students created their own suitcases-portfolios with their names and inside they keep all their 'treasures':



8. A large collaborative painting of the 'flying suitcase' on canvas was created by the students of 5th grade: The painting was projected on canvas with the use of an overhead projector and the first sketches were made. The canvas was divided in parts for each group by vertical lines. Using acryllic colours the children painted parts of the painting. Finally, the symbols were highlighted with the use of a black marker.