I regularly use his books as teaching resources because they are brilliant and powerful.
I've recently been doing an art based mini unit of work based around the incomparable book - The Lost Thing.
Here are the amazing creations of some beautiful Year 3ers.
The brief was for students' to create their own 'Lost Thing' in a landscape inspired by the book's background.
Students created a collage background using torn newspapers, technical drawings and pages from an old copy of Phantom of the Opera.
The kids created a 'Lost Thing' creature and coloured it, so as to contrast against the sepia-toned background. Hint: don't use textas - they run in the next step.
We then washed our artwork with tea! Allowed to dry, this technique gave the artwork a mottled, sepia look.
Once dry, the children used black textas to outline and add detail to their work.
The children loved poring over Tan's collection for inspiration and were extremely inventive with their own creations.
I emphasised at the beginning: "Don't ask me if you can do this or if you can do that. This is your own artwork. So long as I can see that you've been inspired by Shaun Tan, I'll be happy. Feel free to CREATE!"
I have recently re-done this lesson with Year 6 - I'll post pics once they're finished!
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