The Art Lady

  I love doing this artworks with the students for a number of reasons: 1. They get to use the grid drawing technique to create accurate proportions. (cross-curriculum link with Mathematics - enlarging an image by 100%) 2. Use lines to create "simulated texture" allows them to achieve elements of realism. 3. Come away from the artmaking experience with an artwork that they are so proud of. Following are artworks created by students at Windsor Park Public, Years 5/6. They are so good.   

  I created INSTRUCTIONS as I was tp help out a teacher who felt unsure oh re artistic abilities. Lack of confidence can be real bummer as I experienced myself as a young teacher when first taught out of my subject area. I hope this can help others in some way. Once the drawing is established, it can be finished off using any media. I have to confess that I did not create the original emu drawing....I cheated. I used a colouring image (emu head) from supercoloring.com (found on Pinterest) and added a neck. Thanks to that website, they have some really good images. I will create an artwork to go with this tutorial, I am just deciding which media. Seriously thinking of newspaper collage or something like that. Any suggestions from you guys would be nice.....

  Soooo many posts on my blog , but not much (if anything) on landscapes. So I came up with this as an academic artwork, learning about foreground, mid ground, background, horizon placement and so on. I will be adding some info sheets about these things at a later date as Resources. My inspiration was ......  Albert Namatjira  (28 July 1902 – 8 August 1959), born  Elea Namatjira , was an  Indigenous Australian artists . He is one of Australia's most well-known painters . He is best known for his watercolour  paintings of the Australian outback, notably Central Australia and iconic ghost gum trees . His works were not in the traditional style of Aboriginal art.  But they became important to forming the style of modern indigenous art in Australia. ( Albert Namatjira Facts for Kids | KidzSearch.com ) Although he was granted Australian citizenship in 1957, his ethnic origin hindered his freedom. He was barred from moving into what he aspiringly called “a...

     I decided to create Directed Drawing Instructions for the baby orangutan artwork.   Content: Geography. Priority Area: Sustainability and Engagement with Asia - Borneo and Sumatra.    I hope that this will help teachers who feel they may not have the skills to do this artwork with their students. It could be used with students in ES1 and Stage 1. Please let me know if it was of any help....