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
Eric Carle's children's books and illustrations are a delight to read to children and also a wonderful inspiration so many art projects- who doesn't love painted paper collages? The Prep students (first year at Primary school) were working on a theme of "Growth and Change" and the story "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" fits in beautifully. … Continue reading Hungry Caterpillars ~ Eric Carle inspired. Prep collage art lesson
The Prep students made a mixed media artwork of the cow jumping over the moon from the nursery rhyme “Hey Diddle Diddle, the cow jumped over the Moon". The foil moon idea came from @monpetitsoukdidees and it worked really well. They used SHAPE to help them draw parts of a cow using a rectangle for … Continue reading “The Cow Jumped over the Moon!” Prep Art lesson
This art lesson is suitable for Prep students (adaptable to Year 1 & 2) and I loved the way the artworks turned out. The use of colour is stunning! It will take 2-3 lessons depending on the class time allotment. I have hour lessons, so two and a bit of the next lesson gave enough … Continue reading Expressionism Portraits: Alexei Jawlensky inspired- Prep art lesson
Paul Klee- Head of a Man My Prep classes were learning about use of colour to show emotions and feelings, so this activity was a good follow on to learn about warm and cool colours. Students learnt about what an ABSTRACT portrait is, in particular ‘Senecio’ 1922 by Paul Klee to inspire making a portrait … Continue reading Paul Klee Portrait- warm / cool colours (Art lesson for Prep – Yr1)
Foundation (Prep) students loved experimenting with the effects of texture wands and implements before choosing one to create the Autumn leaves on their textured tree. These artworks took three lessons (though they could be done in two), but there were great art concepts for learning the elements of art along the way. One element was … Continue reading Autumn Texture Trees- Prep Art lesson
Lesson for Prep /Foundation class. I used a number of picture story books, like 'My Many Coloured Days' by Dr Seuss and the Inside Out movie characters to discuss how feelings and emotions can be expressed with colours. We looked at the colour wheel to choose colours that best go with some common emotions: for … Continue reading My Many Coloured Days~Emotions and Colour -Prep lesson
Mondrian Map This art lesson is a good for Foundation students early in the year. It fits in well with themes of 'Community' or 'My Neighbourhood' when these Mondrian artworks can be interpreted like a map with the lines being streets and the coloured shapes being places on the map like houses. It introduces the … Continue reading Mondrian Map- Foundation Art Lesson
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
