CREATIVE COLOUR WHEEL PAINTINGS After creating these gorgeous "Creative Colour Wheel" watercolour paintings, the students were now ready to apply their knowledge of, 'Analogous' colours, to a foil textured sculpture. It was meant to be a relief art work but many of the students chose sculpture instead. As long as they could demonstrate texture, analogous... Continue Reading →
The grade 6 students have achieved SOÂ much over the last couple of weeks. They have successfully completed their Zen eyes, turned them into digital art and created a clay plaque inspired by their work. DIGITAL ART COLOUR THEORY SCULPTURES Now, grade 6Â have been cutting cardboard, applying hot glue and covering their pieces with foil. They... Continue Reading →
The animal eyes are now complete and look spectacular! I am so proud of all my students as they have successfully learnt how to choose an appropriate photo, how to write their own rubric and most importantly how to: grid, tone and create texture with chalk pastels. Once the students completed this task they used... Continue Reading →
It is a new year and the studio is already bustling with inspiring creativity. Grade 6 were given the challenge of creating self portraits using photography, collage and typography. They had to keep enough of their face visible so we could see who they are, keep the text varied and clear whilst building up 3D materials onto... Continue Reading →
After creating the fish the students had 3 lessons to create these stunning clay pots. They had to have slabs, creative coils, strong joins and texture. If there was more time I would have had them use the iPad apps Superimpose and Wordfoto to create a stunning poster with key words from the task. Well... Continue Reading →
Aren't they GORGEOUS! What a great end to their trimester of art. If we had more time this would lead into a sculpture unit based on animals.
The grade 7 students have been applying their knowledge of tone, texture and pattern to these chalk animal drawings. They began the unit by trying a blind drawing (where they could only look at the image and not the paper) followed by a "cheating" blind drawing (where they could peak). After that we tried drawing... Continue Reading →
The grade 7 students have been perfecting their shading techniques. These were two exercises which they displayed creatively to demonstrate their understanding of tone and value. I love the final results especially with the paper cut backgrounds. Now the students are learning about Wayne Thiebaud http://youtu.be/vI_QJ5D9Qm8Â They will show their understanding of Thiebaud's works by... Continue Reading →
Aren't they incredible? WELL DONE 9/10 you should all be very proud. Soon you will be able to hear the students talk about their work on Voicethread.
Mrs Jardin's ART room 