I discovered the fascinating art of Béatrice Coron when I was looking for a fresh way to teach about negative and positive space. Coron uses silhouette art to tell stories and she constructs dresses, masks, metalwork, capes, and glass windows as well. Coron’s work was perfect for a positive and negative space lesson. Students were fascinated by the stories Coron tells with black-and-white silhouettes. Each vignette draws the viewer in for a closer look at the scene.
Art teachers encourage students to tell stories through their art. Young students listen to a read-aloud and create clay creatures inspired by the book, elementary students illustrate influential figures in art history, middle-school students juxtapose natural and human-made elements through narrative compositions, high-school students manipulate images to create imagined landscapes, and more.
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