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Tag Archives: Drawing
Monsters at the Prince
Grade 2: Playing the Hand Monster Game This is a great game to play with a new class, if you can get the kids on board. Once again, I was in the school doing a one-off … so the kids didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Art Education, Grade 1/2 Art Projects, Grade 2/3 Art Projects
Tagged Art Games, Drawing, Monsters
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A Little Bit of Op
Grade 5/6: Floating Spheres and Op Art There are many examples of this project on various art education websites – take a look at Fine Lines blogspot, for instance. www.artfulartsyamy.blogspot.ca Spring 2013 / Prince of Wales School
Posted in Art Education, Grade 5/6 Art Projects
Tagged Colour, Drawing, Op Art
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There’s Treasure in Them There Waters
Grade 4: Pirate Treasure Chests, in Pencil This was a one-time class project, in preparation for the school-wide art fair. I had not worked with this class before, so I started with a quick demonstration in drawing … ice cubes! … Continue reading
Posted in Art Education, Grade 3/4 Art Projects
Tagged Drawing, Perspective
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Circle Abstractions
Grade 6/7/8: Drawing from Observation It is still early in the school year, and I wanted to stretch the class in their drawing skills by giving them a project that would require them to look closely at proportions, details, textures, … Continue reading
Posted in Art Education, Grade 5/6 Art Projects, Grade 7/8 Art Projects
Tagged Abstraction, Drawing, Pencil Crayons
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More Blue Dog
Grade 2/3: Animal Drawing and Painting This was a great class, full of enthusiasm – and so I was happy to bring along one of my favourite books to share with them, one that would provide the impetus for a … Continue reading
Posted in Art Education, Grade 3/4 Art Projects
Tagged Animals, Drawing, Painting
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Stained Glass? Tissue, Actually.
Grade 2/3 : Paper Collage for Windows This is a fun and easy one, with jewel-like results that the kids (and I) LOVE! Collage. What is it? What happens when we overlap different colours and shapes? What happens when those … Continue reading
Posted in Grade 2/3 Art Projects
Tagged Abstraction, Assemblages, Cut-paper Collages, Drawing, Windows
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Warholian Crayons
Grade 2/3: Crayons, Complementary Colours, & Andy Warhol I brought in a great big colour wheel, and we began to talk about complementary colours, and colours both hot and cool. I find it is helpful to give the hot and … Continue reading
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Tagged Colour, Drawing
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MOnSteR HaNDs
Grade 2/3: Having Some Fun While Drawing Their Hands It was time to have a little fun, I thought. We talked about our hands and how changing their position results in changing their shapes … this shows up when you … Continue reading
Posted in Art Education, Grade 2/3 Art Projects
Tagged Abstraction, Drawing, Monsters, Pencil Crayons
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Space Exploration
Grade 2/3: A 3-Step Method for Space Pictures We have a Canadian in space, blogging daily – so why not do a project that puts us there? (Sort of.) Class 1. After a brief introduction that got them thinking … Continue reading
Posted in Art Education, Grade 2/3 Art Projects
Tagged Assemblages, Cardboard, Cut-paper Collages, Drawing, Planets, Rockets
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Drawing With Shades
Grade 7/8: Pencil Drawing Their Collages This project was the final one in a series that focused on developing drawing and observation skills. Earlier, they completed a gradated value scale, and then an all-white still life introduced techniques of shading … Continue reading
Posted in Art Education, Grade 7/8 Art Projects
Tagged Collage, Drawing, Pencil, Shading
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