Ready for an abstract art project your students will love and actually understand?

This spattered collage lesson is expressive, loaded with meaning, and a little bit messy in the best way.

Students learn about abstract expressionist, Jackson Pollock, and explore how artists use color to share stories and feelings.

Each student will create a vibrant color field using only crayons based on a feeling or personal story they want to share.

And when finished, they will transform their work by ripping and gluing it into an entirely new composition—a whole new form of symbolism that allows students to practice flexibility and creative risk taking.

The final pieces are bold, high-contrast, and stunning on a bulletin board. True gallery-worthy work that sparks real conversations—“What do you see?” vs. “What did the artist feel?”