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 →
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 →
After traveling to Austria and seeing Friedensreich Hunderwasser's art and architecture in real life, I knew I wanted to teach a unit about him. There are so many reasons why we should be studying his work, ideas and inspirations! He had a fun, colourful, simplified, yet achievable style of art- suitable for all age levels. His... Continue Reading →
Now Grade 7 are studying Abstract Animals. This is a brilliant task for observational drawing and clarifying the elements and principles of art. Firstly the students had to practise drawing their animals from a photo. These drawings were then traced so that a variety of concepts could be created. We had to review the difference... Continue Reading →
The grade 9/10 class had a big learning curve today as they viewed some excellent sketchbooks which demonstrated the requirements of this course. They learnt how important it is to evaluate and reflect upon all work, how crucial it is to come up with a VARIETY of ideas before creating a final and how presentation... Continue Reading →
Mrs Jardin's ART room 