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 →
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 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 →
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 →
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 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 →
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 →
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://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 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 →
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 →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NPOP9KcmWI For our very quick ceramics unit the students were asked to design a clay phone speaker. They were assessed on creativity, sound and clay skills. Some students did not want a phone speaker, or did not own a phone, so they needed to design a functional object of their choice. LEARNING THROUGH INQUIRY How... Continue Reading →
Please have a look at these previous posts for more details: Grade 7 birdcage Sculptures Part 1 Keynote Animation for Concept Development 3 Challenges, An Introduction to Sculpture In a nutshell: STEP 1: Complete 3- two lesson challenges as a way to introduce sculpting techniques. Sticks and hot glue. Wire and foil figures. STEP 2:... Continue Reading →
Prior Learning: "BUILDING SKILLS AND CONCEPTS"Â -Â were written in a previous post HERE. Now, the students are hard at work building their birdcage sculptures. Some students have been very fast while others are focusing on the smaller details. The students were reminded of the main techniques introduced earlier, and encouraged to use tutorials when needed.... Continue Reading →
An Introduction to Surrealism We began our unit by viewing this video, afterwards we discussed what we learnt and what we thought Surrealism was. https://youtu.be/DRlpD-iEnMQ The students then played a Surrealist game. They listed 1-10 in their books and next to each number wrote 10 random things. As I called out the numbers they had... Continue Reading →
During quarter 3, the grade 7 students will be creating Surrealist birdcage sculptures. This year, I thought I'd try something different to prepare my students (not only for the birdcage sculpture but for grade 8 sculpture.) I introduced three two-lesson art challenges, with a variety of groupings. The goal of this task was not only... Continue Reading →
During the last three weeks of quarter 2, the grade 7 students were learning about printmaking techniques. They began by collecting 4 of their favourite heroes. Then they explained the characteristics of a hero, and defined an "unsung" hero. To begin with, the students were told nothing about printmaking. They were given a piece of... Continue Reading →
After sharing this POST with ARC, Koto offered to come in and present to our students. She explained where the money would be going, and how ARC helps the stray cats and dogs in HCMC. We showed her our art and her response was VERY positive (see below). Thank you grade 7, your art really... Continue Reading →
Mrs Jardin's ART room 