Back to virtual school again! This time it was very close to the end of the year so I was not giving art packets out, so I decided to show the students how awesome and creative they can be just with their Macs. We began by looking at Mosaics by watching these videos for inspiration.... Continue Reading →
This was an unplanned unit, because we went into virtual school. With the students at home I thought it would be a great opportunity to teach them 1pt perspective and 2pt perspective. The final task was going to be a perspective "out of my window, during virtual school" but we ended up back at school... Continue Reading →
During quarter 4, the grade 6 artists began with name art. They had a choice of 5 options which I put together on some interactive slides. A little like a choose your own art adventure. Here are 3 awesome examples. Then they followed the design process to create a " Creative candy holder". We turned... Continue Reading →
During quarter 3 (March) we were meant to be starting a sculpture unit based on the Sustainable Development Goals. However, our school went virtual so I decided to get the students ready for printmaking by looking at shadow art and the effects of positive and negative space. Since positive and negative space connects to the... Continue Reading →
You can view my adapted slides HERE to see the process. Since we were virtual last year, these grade 8 students did not get to experience clay so I thought I'd start from the beginning. Just to make sure they could model, roll coils, create slabs and join properly. To speed the process up I... Continue Reading →
How does reading make you feel? What do books mean to you? If I mentioned "book sculpture" what comes to mind? After a little discussion, research, and inspiration, my grade 7 students were ready to embrace the joy and challenges of making stunning book sculptures. Fortunately, last year the book room at our school was... Continue Reading →
This is an explanation of our grade 6 unit incorporating watercolour, ceramics and animation.
This unit was a continuation from quarter 1 which I wrote about HERE. Building on the observation skills that the students gained from creating digital eyes on Procreate, they were now ready to learn about grid drawing and pastel techniques. I chose 10 pastel techniques which I knew would assist the students with their eye... Continue Reading →
A CREATIVE CANDY HOLDER The grade 6 class had one class to make a mini pinch pot, a mini donut, and a mini pendant slab. Three important skills in one successful day! After watching a choice of 2 tutorials and a teacher demonstration, they were ready to design their own version of a candy holder.... Continue Reading →
It was about 5 years ago when I taught this unit. I loved it then, and still love it now. The results are always amazing. Here is a summary of the process my amazing 8th graders followed. STEP 1- COMPOSITION The students began by exploring composition and photography angles using the Essential Skeleton App. The... Continue Reading →
The grade 8 students have been exploring radial balance, tints, tones, and shades, whilst also learning about Tibetan and Hindu mandalas. We used the tints and shades to create the optical illusion of the art popping out of the page. It is amazing how many students really achieved this effect. You could see it more... Continue Reading →
Day 2 of catching up on my blog posts. This time we are focusing on the grade 7 journey so far. I am so incredibly proud of my students work and enthusiasm. They have combined observational drawing with texture, pattern, watercolour, blind acrylic painting, to digital art, which is now leading to pastel tonal drawing.... Continue Reading →
It has been a crazy busy start to the year. I can't believe it is the end of the quarter already, and I haven't made one post yet! During the break it is my goal to catch up and share one class per day. Today, we are beginning with grade 6. Their quarter felt very,... Continue Reading →
This will be my LAST post for this school year 2019-2020. At the bottom of this post, I have included some tutorials that I gave my students, for those of you interested in creating your own virtual rooms. It's so quick, easy and rather addictive! This was a task I introduced because we could not... Continue Reading →
During virtual school one of the BIG challenges for art was access to materials. So I offered my normal units as planned with these slides as an option for students who didn't have the materials. Â FOUND OBJECTS AND DRAWING (Slides 2-6) NOTE: All artist connections and resources are in the above slides. These images inspired... Continue Reading →
During social distancing I signed up for the free art course: "Sketchbook Revival" by Karen Abend. What I really loved about it was the surprise factor, it was like a mystery art tour, you never knew what skill you'd be exposed to. Each tutorial was about 20-30mins and each task could easily be completed within... Continue Reading →
As soon as my students were back in the class, despite social distancing, I decided to continue the "Passion Project" unit for grades 7 and 8 and "Choice Art" for grade 6 as well as their Optical Art unit. This is always a hi-light for the students because they not only follow their passions but... Continue Reading →
This is what the room looked like when we were back to school. The students originally were required to wear masks, use hand sanitiser, and sit 1m away facing forward. No materials could be shared, and all tables and materials needed to be sprayed at the end. As you can imagine in an art room... Continue Reading →
The Tic-Tac-Toe format of this task was inspired by Kasey Bell from Shake Up Learning. I loved using it and will do so again in the future. If you haven't heard of this amazing lady, check out her resources they are phenomenal. Here is a great example of her Doc resources for educators. I introduced... Continue Reading →
Mrs Jardin's ART room 