The Art Lady

  I first published this artwork on August 1st, 2020 but have only just had the opportunity to present is to students. They loved it and so did I!    So proud of their achievements. Well done to the Year 5 and 6 students at Windsor Park Public, NSW, Australia.    I will add that adding the black marker linework as the final step could be left out.  My students decided as a group that they wanted to add the lines so I let them. Admittedly, I prefer most of them without the black linework but it is a personal preference thing.

      I modified this lesson as I only had a two time slot to fill but I also knew the students so I knew that they could complete the artwork within the set time frame. Of course, students of any age could attempt this artwork in longer time.    Students used a Resource Image to sketch a sleeping koala in white watercolour pencil onto then complete it using detailed line work to simulate the texture of fur and black to add detail with the nose and tonal areas.    Students sketched onto A4 sized flouro coloured cardboard. They selected the colour they wanted the Resource Image they wanted use.    I used my example to explain how the tones are created and gave a few demonstrations as well. Students drew gum leaves around their sleeping koala and shaded those with metallic colouring pencils.   When the A4 drawing was completed, students gently tore off the edges and glued that artwork onto an A3 black piece of cardboard. Centralised.   Students then added more gum leaves onto the black c