Blazing Banyan Tree

My grade 5's loved the challenge of this project. Every tree was individual and unique. Yes, it did take 4 sessions to complete though the final results were amazing. 

Colour Theory & Optical illusions

 This project was great to teach tinting/shading and the art of optical illusions.

 Students worked through a set of drawing instructions as guides by me on the whiteboard.
1. Draw 1 horizontal line across the paper
2. Starting at the horizon line, create small bumps (arc's) across the line. Vary the size of each arc.
3. Starting at the same starting point jump over the bump, finishing at the same point for each.
4. Continue creating jumps over each bump until you reach the end of the page.
5.Repeat the same action working your way toward the top of the page.
6. Repeat steps 2-5 below the horizon line.
7. Colour using 2-3 different colours for each column.
8. Students should shade heavier the outer edge of each column and apply the colour lighter (tinting) towards to middle of each column.

Still life drawing-surpise!!!

 Never under estimate your kids and what they will think is 'cool'. This still life drawing activity in my eyes was one of the more 'not as exciting' activities i had planned for my grade 4 classes. Coming off the back of creating wire sculptures i thought the kids reaction would be BOR-ING!!!

Oh how wrong was I. They LOVED IT!

 For the lesson i set my room up in true art studio formation. All the tables facing inwards so everyone had their own angle of the fruit bowl (i have never done this with this grade, so just by moving the tables around created that 'hook' to get them interested)

Materials: fine line pen, watercolours

Rapunzel let down your hair!

When I came across this in my travels I knew it would be perfect for Grade 2 as they are looking at Fairytales. Plus it looked like so much fun...
Kids Artists Blogspot
Thanks for the inspiration

Here are some of my kiddies creations.

The Circus is in Town!!

Who would of thought a paper bag could be so much fun. Grade 1 had a go a designing their own clown puppet from a simple paper lunch bag.

A few buttons, joggle eyes, pom poms and some material later you have a very cheap puppet to keep the kidlets entertained.
To continue our clown theme I also got the kids to make a drawing of their clown performing and painted them using watercolour paints. For the borders we used 'Paper Popz' decorations, patty pans and sequins.

Lines, Zig zags and swirls

Prep have been exploring lines and mark making this term. We created these lovely pieces by combining oil pastels and food dye.

Kandinsky circles

Grade 4 combined crayon and water-colour paint to create their own Kandinsky inspired circles

Face in the crowd

To kick off the year I got all of my classes from Grade 2 to 4 (9 classes total) draw a self-portrait. Thought this could be a good exercise to roughly see where the kids are at ability wise. To make it a little more interesting the kids were only allowed to choose 1 colour to colour their work in.

We used pencils, textas, crayons and the kids favourite GEL PEN!!!