To fit in with a classroom topic of Community, in the Art room we looked at the physical community made up of streets, houses, schools, shops and other services. Materials: Grey strips of cover paper (for streets) A3 cover paper for background (white or coloured) Coloured squares and triangles (pre-cut -for houses etc.) Small figure … Continue reading Me in My Community ~ Prep
The students in Year 1 & 2 had been on a community walk with their teachers down to the shops and services like the police station and library in our local area. In Art class we listed all the places they saw or know, like the local shops, supermarket and cafes. We had a discussion … Continue reading Places in my Community~ James Rizzi inspired. Yr 1-2 art lesson
Children used pre-cut shapes to assemble a house shape with white or coloured squares for windows and the number of people in their family. They draw a face of each family member on the squares. Shutters (patterned paper) are added over the window squares and cut so they open in the middle. A background for … Continue reading Collage/Mixed Media Houses- & Paper Bag Houses~Prep art lesson
Year 5-6 Art unit - 4-5 one hour lessons The topic for the school was 'Community' so I thought Year 5 and 6 could look at the houses in the local area (including student's own homes if they chose). I introduced the Australian artist Howard Arkley (now deceased) and his artwork through a youtube video (see lesson unit plan) and … Continue reading Howard Arkley Style Houses
Our school theme was 'Community' so for Foundation students it was all about some places familiar to them and for this lesson, houses. I displayed some images of different houses (can use images stand alone houses, apartment blocks, townhouses, etc) that would be familiar with students and houses they would see in our community. We discussed shapes … Continue reading Shape-Line-Collage House ~ Art lesson for Foundation students
