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 →
As you might have noticed I am catching up on my blog slowly. This year seems to have been exceptionally busy so my blog fell behind. As we approach the end of the year I am trying to catch up. This post is actually supporting a previous post I wrote earlier. LINK In summary, the... 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 →
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 →
After creating the book sculptures, I decided to introduce an easy and super fun art challenge to encourage my grade 7's creativity and observation skills. Inspired by the art of Manik and Ratan we created creatures interacting with real life objects. I love their pet dragon and wanted to see what my students could create.... Continue Reading →
BEFORE VIRTUAL SCHOOL We were doing some amazing exploring with Gelli printing, which feels so long ago since the school has been closed (5 weeks). So I thought I'd use this time to reflect on what we were doing and share how it has changed since virtual school. The students were provided a Slides workbook... Continue Reading →
Our grade 8 students are off of campus right now due to the CoronaVirus, but their learning is continuing uninterrupted! Even though I miss my students SO much. I thought I'd share what they have been doing while at home. Previously, in class the students learnt about the ELEMENTS of sculpture and sculptural techniques. They... Continue Reading →
Over the past 4 weeks our school in HCMC has been closed to the students due to the CoronaVirus. However, the staff are still on campus. This presented some virtual challenges, but I have been astounded how life goes on in the art world from the comfort of the students' homes. We have been using... Continue Reading →
The grade 8 students had a phenomenal second quarter of art focusing on painting skills, and on goal #14 of the SDGs: "Life Below Water" After two days of skill building the students were ready to begin learning about the impact of plastic in our waterways. We watched the following shocking, yet inspirational videos and... Continue Reading →
The grade 7 students have successfully completed their painting unit. They began the process by brainstorming on Coggle.it-Â the traditions, values and beliefs of Vietnam. They considered for example: celebrations, foods, destinations, clothing, housing, transport, and landscapes. They considered and researched how Vietnam is perceived from a travel agent, artist and local. All documentation was collated... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW_3YNWbUyE The grade 6 students studied the art of Ted Harrison. They discussed their observations, jotted down questions and by the end, were very confident describing his fabulous style. I really enjoy using this artwork for inspiration because of the simplification of shapes, layering of values, and the opportunity to teach about landscape art. The... Continue Reading →
The grade 8 students have been exploring watercolours as an introduction to "Our Plastic Ocean". Soon, they will be moving onto an acrylic painting on recycled cardboard. I am really looking forward to seeing what they create, but right now, it's time to celebrate what they have achieved already. WATERCOLOUR FISH One Lesson Challenge (some... Continue Reading →
The quarter 2, grade 6 students have just completed their beautiful butterfly paintings. They followed the same process as the previous classes, which you can read more about here. The main goals being: To be able to locate the media To be able to successfully use the media To be able to clean the media... Continue Reading →
My quarter 1 grade 6 class has left me now, but this post is a celebration of their AMAZING work. They studied the Canadian artist Ted Harrison, who is well known for his colourful stylised landscapes. The students chose a landscape photo from their home country, and then put it into Procreate, where they planned... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/GW9x8YXA1fI WE HAVE FINALLY COMPLETED THIS VERY SUCCESSFUL DRAWING & ANIMATION UNIT The students began by looking at value (tone) in art history. They then watched a video and copied the 6 most commonly used techniques: hatching, cross-hatching, blending, rendering, squiggling and cross-contour. The next step was to learn how to recognise and count the... Continue Reading →
This is a continuation of a PREVIOUS post. A quick summary The students: Made origami Photographed them from interesting viewpoints, incorporating reflections and shadows Learnt about tonal drawing and how to recognise the values Applied their knowledge to observational drawing Explored 4B, chalk pastels and charcoal The Final Task The last step was to consider... Continue Reading →
This is a continuation of the butterfly post, written a couple of days ago. Once the grade 7 and 8 students completed their mixed media art, they were required to manipulate it in a variety of apps: Grungetastic, Megaphoto, Percolator and Be Funky. The filters were used to create AR sculptures using forms and repeated... Continue Reading →
Last year, a few of my grade 7 students really loved making origami, they taught it at the Art Party and seemed to be very enthusiastic about learning it, and teaching it. So I decided to introduce a still life unit inspired by their origami. STEP 1: Make origami (as many as they could in... Continue Reading →
This post is a continuation from the previous one about the butterfly art. After the grade 6 students completed their lovely art using drawing, painting and collage media, they were now ready to explore DIGITAL media. The goal of this task was to introduce a variety of apps for photo manipulation and poster design. The... Continue Reading →
We have had a phenomenal start to the 2019-2020 school year. Normally, we would have a little slower start in the art room, but I began teaching and students began exploring media from day 1! This was an amazing way to start the year. The purpose of the task was specifically: to give ALL grade 6-8... Continue Reading →
Mrs Jardin's ART room 