Preps looked at some close up flower artworks by Georgia O'Keefe, discussing shapes and colours and the use of space. Students practised drawing various flower shapes in their scrap book and then chose the design for their artwork. On a square of cartridge paper, they used a paint stick to draw the flower making sure … Continue reading Flowers and Bees ~ Prep
In teaching two Year 4 classes, I opted for a varied approach to our art activity. While both classes were engaged in researching animals for a classroom project, I assigned each class a different artistic style. One class created a Tracey Keller style animal, while the other tackled the Dean Russo style. Dean Russo, a … Continue reading Animals ~ Dean Russo style- Yr 4
For this art project Year 5 looked at the art of Bernadette Twomey based in Brisbane, Australia. Her artworks feature bold colours and abstract botanical shapes in different colour palettes. Students could choose their own colour scheme from cool to warm to earthy to a combination. They viewed a selection of Bernadette Twomey's artwork to … Continue reading Beautiful Botanicals ~ Yr 5-6
I introduced the students to some collages of snails by Clare Youngs, a designer and illustrator from the UK. We discussed how she might have made her artworks and the colours and shapes used. For our activity, students chose a colour scheme of three colours: warm, cool, primary or secondary colours. They used those colours … Continue reading Colour and Pattern Snail~ Year 1-2
I introduced Year 6 to Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama and her prolific art and obsession with dots. She grew up on her parent's seed nursery surrounded by flowers, plants and even pumpkins. I shared this video about how Kusama became an artist and expressed herself through her drawings, paintings, sculptures and installations, fashion, performance art … Continue reading Dotty Flowers~ Yayoi Kusama inspired – Year 5-6
We started this project by doing drawing pot plants from observation. I bought a few pot plants from home and used a couple from around the school, including a large Monstera plant. Students were asked to observe the shapes of the leaves and add lines or shading for texture, drawing firstly in their scrap books. … Continue reading POT PLANTS ~ Inspired by Tiffany Kingston- Year 4 art lesson
The Preps looked at the artwork of UK artist Clare Youngs to identify some of the ways she makes marks or patterns on paper for her animal collages. They also thought about how they could make those marks or shapes on paper. I demonstrated how to stamp with various implements and texture tools and they … Continue reading DRAGONFLIES and BUTTERFLIES inspired by Clare Youngs ~Prep
Year 3/4 have been learning about different biomes in their classroom, and in art lessons we have been making artworks about various biomes too. These artworks are focusing on aquatic biomes, specifically coral reefs. For inspiration we looked at the illustrations in the book, 'Hidden in the Sea' by Peggy Nille, and the art of … Continue reading Coral Reef Biome ~ Year 3-4 art lesson
The theme of 'change' is a perennial one in primary school, and for Prep students, caterpillars to butterflies along with Eric Carle's 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' is a wonderful inspiration for art lessons. Last year's Preps made painted paper caterpillar & butterfly collages which were amazing. This year in the classroom they were looking more … Continue reading Hungry Caterpillars & Beautiful butterflies ~ Prep art lesson
As part of a theme of Growth and Change, Year 1 & 2 discussed changes in the weather and the seasons and nature. We talked about the traditional seasons of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter and learnt about the seven Aboriginal Seasons of the Kulin Nation (Melbourne and south central Victoria) by viewing a Calendar. … Continue reading Frog Life Cycle~ Year 1/2 Mixed media art lesson
