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 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 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 →
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 →
During quarter three, I tried out something completely different with grade 6. I used Google Slides to create a choose your own adventure art course. This was inspired by Matt Miller's Ditch That Textbook. He suggested students create a choose your own adventure book, and I thought, why not create a choose your own art course?... Continue Reading →
This is a task I use with my grade 6 students when some students are still working, and others are finished. They are shown a few images as samples and are asked to figure it out by themselves. I love seeing their creative ideas take shape. What I loved the most was how they ask... Continue Reading →
The quarter 2 grade 6 students have just completed their art course, this is the last post for that class. The students designed and made these gorgeous ceramic hungry fish. They were required to demonstrate: wedging, slab and joining skills. It was optional to paint the fish with acrylic paint or glaze. Since it was... Continue Reading →
I have a new class of grade 6 students who have now been with me for a couple of weeks. This course is very exploratory, where the students complete a variety of tasks in different media in a short space of time. The first task was to draw a 1/2 and 1/2- face/ character/ animal... Continue Reading →
I was so incredibly happy with this small unit because it gave the students a chance to play with traditional painting, digital painting, animation, stop motion and GreenScreen skills. In the end, there was even total student choice, which kept everyone happy. GALAXY PAINTING The students began by looking at galaxy photos and exploring sponge,... Continue Reading →
The Grade 6, Quarter 3 students have continued the collaborative artwork that the quarter 2 students began last quarter. We have 5 large wooden boards and are combining the art from MS and ES art students to raise awareness (and money) for two awesome charities in Vietnam: EAST and WAR. The students had to research... Continue Reading →
I just realized that I never posted the final results of our grade 6 "It's All Greek To Me" unit. You can read more about the process here. In a Nutshell The students learnt about the traditions, values and beliefs of Greek culture discovered through their vases. They then had a choice for their final... Continue Reading →
Neck-Amphora with a Man Playing a Cithara LACMA 50.8.4 (2 of 6) flickr photo by Fæ shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license The grade 6 class is currently working on a multi-disciplinary unit inspired by the legacies of Greece. I decided to use this topic to introduce the importance of Greek vases within their... 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 →
The grade 6 class is certainly making excellent progress. They have spent two classes creating these gorgeous paintings. Some students are still working so as they complete their images I will update this post. They should all be finished by the next class. When the work has been successfully completed the students will then create... Continue Reading →
My grade 6 class has just joined me in the art room. They are currently learning how to draw faces. They began the unit by learning the "rules" of portraiture. Then they had to show me their understanding of the rules by creating a 1/2 real face (following the rules) and 1/2 creative face (alien/monster/robot).... Continue Reading →
The students gained so much from this unit. Firstly they learned about Adinkra symbols and their importance in Ghanaian society. The students then had to create their own proverb, wise saying or helpful statement for the Lincoln Community. Their sayings were based on the learner profile and what they personally thought was important for achieving... Continue Reading →
Mrs Jardin's ART room 