a faithful attempt: James Goldcrown style Heart Collage

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

James Goldcrown style Heart Collage

Street artist James Goldcrown (@jgoldcrown) was the artist inspiration for the Valentines themed heart collage.

I found the project idea HERE and just switched up the artist to James Goldcrown.

Born in West London, Goldcrown is a self-taught artist/photographer now based in Los Angeles. He is most famous for his Bleeding Hearts/Lovewall murals which started showing up everywhere on Instagram back in 2015.

See all the steps that I posted previously about HERE.

We started by looking at photos of his art, then watched a Youtube video interviewing him about his collaboration with Sketchers shoes. One of my students was actually wearing a pair!

I think one of the keys to this project is using really true black construction paper. Tu Ray and Crayola make good ones. I sometimes also buy a rich black cardstock from Michaels or Wal Mart.

This is a great lesson for reinforcing and practicing good cutting and gluing skills.