I did a unit on Pop Art and Andy Warhol to fit in with a Food theme a few years ago, and students made these models of a "Favourites" chocolate bar (obviously 'popular' food rather than healthy food!) The students had already created a digital Pop Art artwork using either a chocolate bar or an … Continue reading Chocolate Bar model: Year 3/4
There are so many artists that do still life of fruit and vegetables, but I often like to introduce the students to Australian artists. These fruit / vegetable still life were inspired by Lucy Culliton from New South Wales who paints landscapes and portraits as well. I found some artworks she did from the early … Continue reading Fruit on a plate~Still life ~ Year 5
You can only love the fun and zany art of Joel Moore, aka Mulga. ( @mulgatheartist ) His characters and scenery are bright and imaginative. We looked at his mural of fruit characters that he did in a shopping centre in Sydney as well as his process of drawing, colouring and outlining his pictures through … Continue reading Fruit & Vegetable Characters: Mulga (Joel Moore) style ~ Yr 5-6
Year 4 students were introduced to Texan artist, Polly Jones by way of a series of works she did featuring cut fruit on a placemat. The students chose a fruit and used an image to draw from as a reference, then painted with watercolour paints. The students had been leaning about mixing tints and shades … Continue reading Cut Fruit on a Placemat Still Life ~ Year 4
Year One were working on a healthy food theme and these simple collages were made with painted paper and newspaper, inspired by Megan Coyle's collages made with magazines. We looked at her artwork (mainly food and still life collages) so the students could see the overlapping and slightly different shades of a colour. I drew … Continue reading Fruit & Vegetable Collages ~ Year 1
I have seen this art lesson on a number of blogs and Instagram. I used this lesson as a simple way to introduce students to mixing tints (and talk about shades) Students first drew a face shape large in the middle of an A3 portrait piece of paper (I demonstrated). They then drew a semi … Continue reading Watermelon Smile Portraits~ Year 3 Introduction to Mixing Tints
Inspired by Frida Kahlo's 'Viva la Vida, Watermelons' and Diego Rivera's 'The Watermelons' students first discussed and compared the two artworks, then drew their own compositions of watermelons - whole, half and sliced, the shapes overlapping. Looking at images of watermelons, we talked about the different colour values and how to make them using tints- … Continue reading Watermelons ~ Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera inspired ~Colour mixing tints-Year 4
I have seen many lessons and variations of this activity, but this idea came from 'Kids Artists- Building Sandwiches' here. The Year 1 & 2 classes were working on a Food theme in their classrooms, and I usually tie in with their inquiry unit somehow. I introduced them to a couple of artists who made … Continue reading Build a Burger Mixed Media Collage – Yr 1 / 2
These lessons were part of the Year 3 & 4 Inquiry Unit of 'Food Sources'. We began by viewing artworks by Giuseppe Arcimboldo, completing an "I see, I think, I wonder" then shared thoughts, describing, and discussing. We watched a couple of YouTube videos about the artist, before comparing artworks and making our own inspired … Continue reading Food Faces~ Giuseppe Arcimboldo inspired- Year 3-4
