I have always admired the glass sculptures of Dale Chihuly, and was thrilled to see the Chihuly exhibition in the Botanic Gardens in Adelaide in January 2025. In 2024, and a few years before, I had done this plastic cup melt activity with Year 3-4 students, as it fitted in nicely with their classroom Science … Continue reading “Glass Bowls” Dale Chihuly inspired~ Year 3-4 art lesson
The true story of John Fitzpatrick Simpson and his donkey he named "Duffy" is well known for the courage shown by a soldier who joined the ANZACs and went to Gallipoli as a stretcher bearer. He was originally from Shields in England but went to Australia and worked a variety of jobs before enlisting with … Continue reading Simpson and his Donkey~ ANZAC story~ Yr 3-4 art lesson
The Year 3 and 4 students delved into the study of rock formations in their classroom, so in the Art room, they searched online using their ipads for an image of a rock formation to replicate using texture / modeling paste. Year 3 students focused on Australian rock formations, while Year 4 students explored those … Continue reading Rock Formations with texture ~ Year 3-4 art lesson
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
In the classroom, students in Year 4 chose an animal on which to do a research project, so in the art room they did an artwork of that same animal in the style of Australian artist based in Queensland, Tracey Keller. Her animal artworks are full of life, colour and texture. The class even had … Continue reading Animals- Tracey Keller style~Year 4
Belynda Henry is an Australian artist from NSW who lives on a country property surrounded by a National Park which gives her plenty of inspiration for her abstract landscapes. She uses paints and pastels, brushes and palette knives to create shapes and textures of the natural environment. Belynda Henry did a series of works in … Continue reading Reflected Landscapes ~ inspired by Belynda Henry – Year 3 art lesson
These gorgeous geodes use a mix of mediums: coloured paper, liquid watercolours, glitter, markers and paint sticks. This lesson was adapted from an activity on the Artful Parent website. We watched a couple of videos about geodes: Types of Geodes & Where to Find Them andWhat's Inside These Rocks? - #sciencegoals for an understanding of … Continue reading Gorgeous Geodes~ Year 3
Year 4 were learning about the earth's crust, so I thought we'd look at what comes from under the earth's surface. We looked at Jenny Kee's opal artworks from the1980's that have been printed onto silk scarves and her Black Opal print that was used by Karl Lagerfeld in his first prêt-a-porter collection for Chanel in 1983 on shirt … Continue reading Opulent Opals! Year 4
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
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
