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
Melbourne artist John Kelly is well known for his many cow sculptures and paintings, but they are rather intriguing because they are a boxy shape and have an elongated neck and small head. It is not until you find out the back story for these strange bovines that they make sense. His inspiration came from … Continue reading Milk Bottle Cows- John Kelly inspired ~ Year 5/6 art lesson
LEARNING INTENTION & SUCCESS CRITERIA: We are learning about the 4 stomachs of a cow and how they make milk and digest food. I can draw the the side view of a cow and colour it in a chosen breed, eg, Holstein, Ayreshire, Jersey, Guernsey, etc. I can draw and label the four stomachs of … Continue reading Cows with Four Stomachs! Year 3/4 Art lesson
LEARNING INTENTIONS: To use shapes to draw a farm scene- a cow in green pasture with a red barn. To use skills of tracing, drawing, colouring, cutting, gluing, painting and techniques of making texture. To make red painted paper adding horizontal or vertical lines as texture for a barn. SUCCESS CRITERIA: I can trace/ draw … Continue reading Holstein Cow & Barn- Prep art lesson
Fauvist Cows ~ water soluble pastel LEARNING INTENTIONS: Students will explore the Fauvist movement by drawing a cow and and colouring with bold, bright colours. To follow a guided drawing of a cow’s head and use bold colours, like the “Fauves”. SUCCESS CRITERIA: I can follow directions to draw a large cow’s head that fills … Continue reading Fauvist Cows~ by Prep/ Foundation
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
Models made with air dry clay and Crayola Model Magic. Students used a combination of materials to make these Peter Diem inspired models. The Body & Head: Air dry clay was used to form the body. Students formed a small pinch pot into a rounded shape, pulling and shaping legs so that it would stand. … Continue reading Peter Diem inspired Cow sculpture~ Year 3-4 art lesson
Peter Diem inspired cows By Year 3/4 students Peter Diem (born 1945) is a Dutch artist well known for his expressive use of colour and texture in his art. "He gained worldwide fame because of his vivid paintings and lively, colourful representations of Dutch cows." We viewed the Peter Diem – Cows website for examples … Continue reading Crazy Cows ~ Peter Diem inspired Year 3-4 art lesson
Our school was doing a "Discover Dairy" inquiry unit and so we were making lots of artworks of cows! The inspiration for this lesson was from "paper paintings" of cows by Elizabeth St Hilaire (Nelson) "Paper Paintings" by Elizabeth St Hilaire The students looked at some St Hilaire's "paper painted" cows and inferred the techniques … Continue reading COLLAGE COWS ~ Inspired by Elizabeth St Hilaire. Year 5/6 art lesson.
