Art Lessons Update!

I have become a terrible blogger lately! My posts have been very sporadic and I can really only blame it on a busy life! I am very sorry and I will try to post more often, I promise!!

So today I thought I'd share a little bit of an update on my afterschool lessons so far. I can't quite believe there are only 3 weeks left of term 1, so I have a bit to fill you all in on.

So far this term we have done:

Week 1- Self portraits and gouache

Week 2 - Space drawings and soft pastel

Week 3 - Colour wheels and mixing your own colour

Week 4 - Foam printing using foam sheets and pens

Week 5 - Silhouettes and charcoal

Week 6 - Contour drawings including continuous line drawings

Week 7 - Collage and perspective

Here are a couple of examples from the foam printing and silhouettes classes:

Emily - we did get the knack of writing backwards in the end!

Jacinta

Skye

Hannah

Here are some photos from yesterdays lesson, which was perspective and collage. The idea was to create the perspective that you were laying down looking up at the sky through the trees. This lesson gave them all a little bit more a  challenge, which I had deliberately planned. They all at least got one tree and building done, but some students were able to add in a little more in the time we had available. It took all of the hour and a half to get this one done!

Backgrounds were painted with acrylic paint, the buildings and trees were initially done in collage - the kids had to tear or cut up their own paper and then choose appropriate sized and coloured pieces to work with. I did let them sketch out their trees first, then after the collage was done, they used black and white ink to paint in a little detail. 

All the kids working studiously.

Kayla

Jacinta

Hannah

Skye

Ryan

Matthew

Olivia M.

Emily

Olivia H.

All these kids are between the ages of 8 and 12. I think they are fantastic and it shows how much talent and enthusiasm they all have that they are able to achieve such great results. I love teaching them and I'm excited about next week's lesson.

We will be doing transcriptions, so I can't wait to see what they come up with! Be sure to leave a comment about their work; I love to pass on what others have said as it only adds to their confidence.

 

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Art Lessons Week 2: I Have Amazing Students!

Today's lesson was all about using soft, hard and oil pastels to create drawings of space nebula's.  The kids really got into it and produced some awesome pictures, so I thought it would be nice to show you all what amazing students I have!

 Olivia H.

Jacinta

Emily

Kayla

 

Ryan

Matthew

Olivia M.

I think they look so great, and it was awesome to see them get so excited and involved in creating their space drawings!

Next week we are going to be making our own colour wheels, with a little bit of a twist. Instead of making a standard colour wheel, we'll be making a colour mohawk, or rainbow or pie..... Intrigued? Stay tuned for the results in a week's time!

I'll be back in a day or two to show you the second work in my Abstract Illustration: Animals series.

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Art Lessons Term Planner

Term 1, 2014 is fast approaching! School starts back up next Monday and my lessons start up Thursday of next week. So I thought I'd do a run down each week of what the plans are with examples to give you all a little sneak peak of what my amazing students will be doing!

Week 1:

A different type of self portrait! We'll be using ink, watercolour and pen to create a portrait of ourselves that is full of colour and movement.  We will be looking at artists who work with portraiture in different styles, such as David Bromley (Aus) and David Walker (UK). Both these artists work in very unique styles of portraiture. 

David Walker uses spray paint on canvas to create wonderfully emotive portraits that bounce off the walls. David Bromley uses a more illustrative style, reminiscent of comic book styles of drawing. Both artists uses colour to represent the people they are painting, and it is this aspect we will be focusing on in our lesson. 

Ditty, Spray Paint on Canvas, David Walker 2011.

Lighthouse Boy, Acrylic and Embroidery on Canvas, David Bromley.

Screaming Face, Gabrella R. Washington Elementary School

I came across the above image and thought it fit perfectly with the first week's lesson. The image was taken from Michigan Arts Education Association, and I give full credit to the Gabrella, the child artist! I'd like my students to explore using different colours and compositions within their self portraits, focusing on trying to create an emotion within the picture, not just a painting of their own face. 

We'll be using watercolour for the 'hair', gouache for the face, and ink for the outlines. I can't wait to see how they turn out. I'll have a gallery of students' work up on this site which I'll be updating throughout the term. Next week I'll bring you lesson 2, where we'll be using soft pastels on black paper to create a space image!

Now, you might have noticed I missed the Featured Artist Series last week. Things have been a little hectic around here with getting my painting ready for the Mandjar art awards, finishing off my artist residency application (more about that in another post), and also painting the kitchen (which I'll also be doing a post on, it's a great interior design redo!). So I missed posting on my next Featured Artist, but never fear!! I will be back later this week to show you work by a funky modern Australian artist whose work is very illustrative and very very fun!  

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