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
Autumn is a wonderful time to do lessons on the concept of change. I collected lots of fallen leaves for the students to look at to talk about the colours, shape, lines and texture- a lesson on art elements in one leaf! For this activity we collected Plane Tree leaves (there is a Plane Tree … Continue reading Autumn Leaf Rubbings & Prints with Year 1&2
Painted paper collages of 'Fall' birch trees by Elizabeth St Hilaire were the inspiration for these mixed media artworks by Year 5 students. The process we used was different than that of St Hilaire, though I got the students to suggest what materials and techniques they think were used by her. Elizabeth St Hilaire was … Continue reading AUTUMN BIRCH TREES: Elizabeth St Hilaire inspired – Year 5/6 art lesson
Overlapping Autumn Tree collage-Eloise Renouf inspired Eloise Renouf is an artist, designer and illustrator from the UK whose designs adorn fabric and printed textiles for homewares and greeting cards. She designs all sorts of nature-inspired patterns: from flowers, trees, clouds, birds and leaves. Her overlapping trees use circles, ovals and roundish shapes or 'round cornered' … Continue reading Autumn Tree Collage- Eloise Renouf style- Year 1-2
Autumn Leaves - pastel & food dye wash Amid the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions we are still allowed to leave our home to exercise, so whilst out for a walk I collected some varied shape Autumn leaves from the ground and used them to create a simple artwork suitable for any primary school age child. I … Continue reading Autumn Leaves- easy home school lesson!
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
This lesson is great at the beginning of Spring, and fits in nicely with the theme of growth and change. We read the Eric Carle book, "The Tiny Seed", and discussed how he might have made his pictures. Students had fun making painted paper, learning about texture, contrast, and warm and cool colours. They made … Continue reading Spring Flowers Eric Carle Collage- Yr 1-2
Autumn leaf Prints Different Autumn leaves can be used to add variety of shape and size to this art project. Students used a foam roller to roll white paint over a leaf, and then place it carefully onto black paper, placing another piece of paper on top and rubbing it with a flat hand, before … Continue reading Autumn Leaf Prints
Students used real Autumn leaves to draw the outline of the shape. They then used warm / Autumn colours to colour the leaf in coloured pencils; brown or red pencil to draw the lines of the veins. Sharpies (fine liners) were used to add zentangle patterns in each section.
Autumn leaf observation drawings Autumn is a great time to use colourful leaves of various shapes and sizes for students to use for observation drawings. I had Year 4 students choose a leaf to place in front of them to draw (some students found it easier to trace the leaf to get the shape right) … Continue reading Autumn Leaves in Oil Pastel -Yr 4
