The Art Lady

* My mate, Kat, sent me some pics of artworks made by her students. Kat is a primary school teacher and it is for people like Kat for whom I started my blog. ** I love seeing what other teachers do with students and how they have used and/or modified my original idea. It feels good to be able to share my ideas and know that they are being used in some way. *** Kat chose to use chalk pastels instead of oil pastels/oil crayons with her students. **** A big thanks Kat and her students at Wimalee Primary School, NSW, Australia.....xxx 

*At Week 5, we are progressing nicely. We have made our printing plates and students are now successfully making their own prints. *Students have learned quite a lot about the printmaking process...... Teacher sample printing plate. * Before the students commenced making their printmaking design, I talked about composition and how placing things can create interest. I explained how placing something in the middle of an area may not be very interesting to the viewer. we talked about how the viewer looks "through" an artwork, so placing something off-centre, at the top or at the bottom can create a more picture to look at. Teacher print sample Teacher - bad print sample. ** I deliberately made a bad print while the students watched some they could see the actual results as they appeared. It was a valuable learning experience for them as, so far, we have had no bad prints made. ***********************************  Following are student printing pl...

  * We are now up to adding in the background which will consist of collage images made from coloured wrapping paper. Images such as clouds, butterflies, dragonflies, bees, flowers and grass. ** After that, we will add in some line work with black markers and some colour work with oil pastels/oil crayons. 

Hi everyone,    Cheryl and I are great mates and she sent me this images, showing me how she had modified my original idea to suit her needs.    Cheryl is a Visual Arts high school teacher but she does teach Year 6 students one afternoon a week.    This is what she did. I love the artworks. Cheryl can be found at..... missartofteaching.blogspot.com   Group pic   PROCEDURE:  1. The tiger pic was printed onto A4 sized watercolour paper using a photocopier. 1. Students completed the tiger image using watercolour paints. 1. Students completed the tiger image using watercolour paints. 1. Students completed the tiger image using watercolour paints. 2. Along the edge of the tiger, students added a "border" in watercolour paint, using only one colour, making sure the tone faded out. 3. Students then added patterns onto various sections of the tigers using Posca pens/paint pens. 4. Black marker outlines wer...

All instructions for creating this artwork have now been included. I really enjoyed making this artwork with my Year 2 students. I think they enjoyed it as well. STEP 6: Glue the flabbit to a piece of A3 coloured cardboard. STEP 7: Using coloured wrapping paper, added flower shapes, clouds, dragonflies, butterflies, etc around the flabbit. Students need to tear the coloured paper into the shape of clouds, butterfly wings, etc. I use wrapping paper as it is bright, colourful and cheap. STEP 8: With a back marker, outline the flowers, butterflies, etc that have been added to the background. STEP 9: Use oil pastels. Students need to select ONE COLOUR (not white or black) and add some "controlled scribbling" in the background. I gave a demonstration showing the difference between "out-of-control scribble" and "controlled scribble". I wanted the colour of the cardboard to be seen and become part of the artwork. 

  So far, I have only created instructions for creating the flabbit drawing and adding the wings. I want to use the adding of a background (Aboriginal symbols) as a demonstration with the students. You could create any type of background to suit your needs......