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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
I wrote earlier about the steps leading up to this final task. Please click HERE to read about the process. Now, we are celebrating their end results. Once the students had finished their art, and wrote letters to the artist Terrance Osborne, they were then challenged to animate their art using DoInk Animation. ANIMATION PROCESS... Continue Reading →
Mrs Jardin's ART room 