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
LEARNING INTENTIONS: To learn about the Primary Colours To learn about line and shape To learn about the artist Alexander Calder SUCCESS CRITERIA: I can use the primary colours in a digital artwork. I can use various lines and ORGANIC shapes in an artwork. I know that Alexander Calder made artworks and mobiles that often … Continue reading Primary Colours- Alexander Calder inspired ipad art – Year 1
Guided drawing lesson for Prep to Year 2 This was a great remote art lesson for the younger children. I posted a link for The Love Monster story on YouTube for them to watch first then a simple video of the steps to draw the Love Monster for the students to follow The Prep version- … Continue reading ‘The Love Monster’ Guided drawing: Foundation – Year 2
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)
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
