Tag Archives: Colour

Klee Cat (and bird)

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Art Education

Grade 3/4: Drawing in the Style of an Artist Generally, I do not insist on making students follow a rigidly directed way of drawing an image. In the case of this project, I did.     To begin with, I … Continue reading →

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Chicken 2: Juinter Hot and Cool

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Art Education

  Grade 5/6: 2nd Chicken Drawing: This Time, with Colour! Day 1. As outlined in the post ‘Chicken 1’, I gave the students an opportunity to draw a live chicken (appropriately named ‘Juinter’).  After the more detailed and time consuming … Continue reading →

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Playing With Colour

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Art Education

Grade 4/5:  Op Art (Can play with colour perceptions) Fall 2013 / Parliament Oak School      

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Warm & Cool Trees

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Art Education

Grade 6/7/8: Tape Resist Drawings It was time for a one-class project, just before the Christmas break.  Christmas – winter – pine trees? I had a lot of narrow seam tape on my hands, so I put the two together. … Continue reading →

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Warm & Cool Cityscapes

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Art Education

Grade 1/2:  Exploring Colour … in the City   Fall 2013 / Parliament Oak School

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A Little Bit of Op

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Art Education

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

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Warholian Crayons

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Art Education

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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Three Guitars

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Art Education

Grade 5 & 6 Painting / Colours as Music Genre This project brought out some of the guitar heroes I didn’t even know about – it was very cool to hear from some of the kids who have been learning … Continue reading →

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Fall Leaves on an Autumn Day

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 2/3:  Tissue Paper Leaves         This was a great first lesson, with me as the ‘guest artist’ coming into this class, one fine October day.  How nice to meet this lovely group of kids, and to … Continue reading →

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