INFORMATION ABOUT THE DRAWING PROCESS, INVOLVING iPADS, IS IN THIS POST The students demonstrated their learning and the process, by creating a presentation with Google Slides. Here are three examples: By Amber By BRANDON By BRIDGET The Final Work The results are absolutely stunning and I could not have been happier with the process.
CLAY GARDEN ART We began this task by discussing photography rules and viewpoints, then we went outside to our gardens to photograph, and sketch. The students knew that they'd be using their photos to design a clay plaque, which will become a beautiful garden ornament. The students who focused on interesting angles, and extreme close... Continue Reading →
This has been a long but BRILLIANT unit which has been so much fun for the grade 7 students. You can see previous posts HERE, where they created Jackson Pollock paintings, and rolled around in charcoal like Heather Hansen (not quite as controlled or planned as Heather Hansen! :D) We used our previous automated drawings... Continue Reading →
A Review I wrote about this unit in two earlier posts. However, since it has been such an awesome start for grade 7, I will review all the steps so far. Lesson 1- the students participated in automated drawing and watercolour painting, inspired by a very eclectic playlist that I put together, with the help... Continue Reading →
Beauty of Bones is the first unit for grade 8. Since this is a tonal observational drawing we began by looking at some basic rules of composition and photography. The students used the Ess. Skeleton 4 iPad app to find interesting angles, and close up views of the skeleton. The students had to demonstrate their... Continue Reading →
The grade 7 classes have had so much fun already, (as I mentioned earlier in a previous post) and it is ONLY the second week back! They have been introduced to a variety of artists from: Kandinsky, Jackson Pollock, Heather Hansen, Stuart Davis to Picasso. All of these artists were breaking the traditions of art,... Continue Reading →
Grade 6 have had a brilliant start to the year, as I mentioned in an earlier post. So far they have successfully completed: A Mini-Tonal Painting Keywords Digital Art An iPad Practise Painting, A Beautiful Canvas Painting. All their work is currently being uploaded to their blogs which will be shared with their... Continue Reading →
Friday was an AWESOME day for grade 7, as we made a HUGE creative mess inspired by two incredible artists from the past. We began the class by discussing and brainstorming questions we would like to find out about Kandinsky. The goal was: to get enough information so that we could teach someone else about... Continue Reading →
The grade 6 students have jumped straight into painting. This particular task was a two lesson introduction to MONOCHROME painting skills, and SILHOUETTES. Now, that these beautiful mini-paintings are complete, the students will be learning about aerial perspective seen in landscape photography and painting. I will write more about this task, next week when their final paintings... Continue Reading →
