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
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
If students have not been introduced to the books and art of Eric Carle, read The Very Hungry Caterpillar or watch the animated video on YouTube. We discussed how he made the illustrations and watched this video showing his process. Children made painted paper with WARM colours. They painted their entire paper with one warm … Continue reading Painted Paper Butterflies~ Eric Carle inspired- Prep
