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
The students in Year 1 & 2 had been on a community walk with their teachers down to the shops and services like the police station and library in our local area. In Art class we listed all the places they saw or know, like the local shops, supermarket and cafes. We had a discussion … Continue reading Places in my Community~ James Rizzi inspired. Yr 1-2 art lesson
Children used pre-cut shapes to assemble a house shape with white or coloured squares for windows and the number of people in their family. They draw a face of each family member on the squares. Shutters (patterned paper) are added over the window squares and cut so they open in the middle. A background for … Continue reading Collage/Mixed Media Houses- & Paper Bag Houses~Prep art lesson
Heather Galler inspired dogs Heather Galler, born in 1970 is an American folk artist who make colourful patterned artworks of landscapes, animals and nature. She is well know for her pet portraits, where she uses a photo of a cat or dog, to produce a painted portrait in her folk art style. After looking at … Continue reading Dapper Dogs / Digital Dogs~ Heather Galler inspired Year 2 art lesson
A great lesson to do in a unit on pets. We used Andy Warhol's '25 Cats' as inspiration for these drawings of cats in all sorts of positions. Before Warhol was well known, he published a book with lots of illustrations of cats. Warhol was living with his Mum in New York and at one … Continue reading Colourful Cats! Andy Warhol inspired: Year 1/2 art lesson
When looking at Street at with students, there are some interesting discussions about graffiti and street art and the fine line between the two. Of course there is much street art that is done with permission or on commission, but some graffiti (not done with permission) can be powerful art too! And then of course … Continue reading GRAFFITI INITIALS / Street art~ Year 3-4
Student Artwork This project tied in with our "Picasso Cow Program" where the school was involved in learning about the dairy industry and the health benefits of eating dairy products. The "Discover Dairy" website was a wealth of information with loads of short informative videos. Firstly, I posed some questions to students to see what … Continue reading Farm Scene with George the Farmer- Year 1/2 Mixed Media Art lesson
This was a favourite project, the students loved designing and making their own soft "Ugly Doll" toy. The school topic was "Celebrate Difference!" Many students had seen the 2019 Ugly Doll movie, but we watched the trailer on YouTube so everyone got a sense of how it related to the topic. We discussed the ideas … Continue reading Ugly Dolls~ Soft sculptures by Year 3-4
Once I worked how to do a reverse acetate portrait, I got Year 5/6's to do one; the Year 6's were displayed at Graduation. This is a relatively easy process and in most cases successful! Win-win! Students were photographed to include head and shoulders to the chest, and printed out in black and white on … Continue reading Reverse Acetate Portraits ~ Year 5-6 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
