Romare Bearden-Let's Walk the Block

Has Romare Bearden made any other significant paintings? Where is his artwork found?

I found the Romare Bearden website to be extremely eye opening.  I enjoyed reading about the meaning behind his artwork.  His art work called, "The Block" tells a story about where he comes from.  His work taught me that every piece of art work you do has a story that goes along with it.  I find it a lot more passionate to create art when you have something to talk about.  

His art work combined part drawing and part collage.  It is made of different types of fabric, colored paper, newspapers, and magazines.  I believe that creating a piece of artwork with different types of material makes the piece a lot more interesting.  It also grabs the audiences attention and makes them question the piece of art.  I also liked how Romare Bearden exaggerated some of the details such as the children's faces in many of the windows.  Even though no two buildings are a like, the piece of artwork still flows.  I also liked how Bearden added pictures from newspapers and magazines.  He added more reality to the piece.  

This is a great piece of artwork to use in a classroom.  You can ask the students what shapes they see in the picture.  You can also have the students make their own pictures by using different shapes, newspapers, magazines, drawings, and fabrics.  This would be a great field trip for the students.  You could take them to where Bearden's art work is located.