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. 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 →
This is a unit I taught 6 years ago. Since we have gone virtual, I thought it would be absolutely perfect for my grade 7 students. Mainly, because the process of making a book sculpture is very therapeutic, it also meant limited computer time! Not to mention it is an awesome project where every student... Continue Reading →
