Our class made stained glass windows with Ms. Kelly.
The equipment we needed was an A4 acetate sheet,
permanent markers: black and other colours,
and A4 sheet of paper on which to make a design.
Here is a slideshow of our work:
Art Matters
Using #Canva in class to make posters and book covers.
Taa-dah… ‘Ms. Breen and the Prince; A Fairytale for Today’
Pop Art Creations
Using the class camera and photo editing tools
on BeFunky.com
sixth class students created Pop Art.
We are happy with the results
but would like to experiment some more.
Student Favourite: Online Art Activities from National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Photo Credit: Scott Wills via Compfight
Here are some further Online Art Activities
from the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, USA
especially for children.
Student Favourite: Online Art Activities
The following link contains
some online art activities for children
from the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art.
Some online art activities for children
Photo Credit: Marian Bijlenga via Compfight
The children from Room 6 found
the following activities on that website particularly interesting:
* Patterns of Infinity
* Kumasa’s World of Dots
* Justine Cooper’s ‘Call of the Wild’ – A memory game
You may have to scroll down that page to see them.
#anfomhar – ‘Autumn Days’ (Estelle White) as a Word Picture – using ‘Visual Poetry Mosaic’
We have learned how to use a new online tool:
Visual Poetry Mosaic from Language is a virus.com
With it you can turn words into images.
We are experimenting with it at the moment.
It is fairly simple to use
and we like the way that it connects words and pictures.
This is Estelle White’s ‘Autumn Days’
If you click on this
you can see the words and hear the melody.
Art Matters; A Menu of Activities for First & Second Class
ART; A MENU FOR FIRST & SECOND CLASS
Photo Credit: Denis Collette via Compfight
All themes have potential for
drawing, painting, printing, computer representations, & 2D construction (collage/montage).
Themes are in keeping with the time of year and many are suggested by the RSE, SESE, Drama, PE programmes etc.
Suggestions where clay, 3D construction or fabric & fibre might be appropriate are made below.
In Second Class in our school we prepare for confession and communion ceremonies.
I propose to work from the start of the school year so as not to have a rush in the run up to May.
I intend doing a project on stained glass to integrate with confession and communion preparation.
I will include the story of the stained glass window
(The Good Shepherd) by Evie Hone in our local church
Art in the First Term;
*September;
Themes;
First Class; Myself; Self Portrait; My Name.
Things I like to do. Things I don’t like doing. Preferences.
Treasures.
Things that are special to me.
Friends
My Perfect Day
Second Class; Myself; Self Portrait;
How we are the same/how we differ.
How other people see me.
My favourite animal.
Special people in my life; Friends.
Name bugs.
Both classes; some work on shape and silhouette.
Themes from RE in preparation for Communion e.g. bible stories from Old and New Testament.
*October;
Themes; Autumn; Autumn Colours
Irish mammals/hedgehogs/mice; ‘scraffitto’
Halloween; Strand; Fabric & Fibre; Dress ups/costume
Also collage
Spiders/Bats/Ghosts; Crayon & Paint overlay also more work on silhouettes
Bonfire/fireworks; chalks/construction or painting. Warm colours; Oranges, reds, yellows. More work on shadow and silhouette.
Montage: People who keep us safe
Fire/Halloween Safety Posters
Second Class; Themes from RE in preparation for Communion e.g. bible stories from Old and New Testament.
*November;
Themes; Friends/Co-operating; collaborative work
Completing a picture a friend starts
Winter; Winter Colours – blues, greys, pale purple
Painting; contrasting Cool Colours/Warm Ones
Irish mammals that hibernate
Construction; A boat that floats out using plasticene or found objects
Dinosaurs; painting/construction in clay or plasticene
Fabric and Fibre; begin knitting after midterm
Second Class; Themes from RE in preparation for Communion e.g. bible stories from Old and New Testament.
*December;
Themes; Family/Christmas; Christmas colours/ wrapping paper patterns
Christmas promises
Thank You Cards
Second;
Use of clay to make nativity piece
Stained glass nativity
Potential for printing; wrapping paper
Second Class; Themes from RE in preparation for Communion e.g. bible stories from Old and New Testament.
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Art in the Second Term;
*January;
Themes; The Planets
A Mouse from clay (from novel ‘ The Stone Mouse’ by Jenny Nimmo)
An Owl from clay (integration with novel ‘The Owl Tree’ by Jenny Nimmo)
My School & Neighbourhood; Frieze; collaborative groups
Second Class; Themes from RE in preparation for Communion e.g. bible stories from Old and New Testament.
*February;
Themes; Spring;
Growing & Changing
Strand; Fabric & Fibre revisited; collage
Valentine’s Day; Construction in clay or papier mache
Fabric and Fibre; Stitching knitted squares together to add to St. Brigid’s Cloak.
Second Class; Themes from RE in preparation for Communion e.g. bible stories from Old and New Testament.
*March; Mother’s Day
Themes; Feelings and emotions
Drawing as a response to music
2nd Making a puppet
St. Patrick’s Day
Introducing more colour: Pop Art Poster: Become a pop icon!
Mixing Colours
Second Class; Themes from RE in preparation for Communion e.g. bible stories from Old and New Testament.
Art in the Third Term approx;
*April;
Themes; Easter; Frieze, New Life; Growth in Spring; Growing things
April Showers; Wet Paper Painting
Abstract radiating flowers, using chalk
Wild animals you would find in other countries or the Zoo
Drawing bugs
Second Class; Themes from RE in preparation for Communion e.g. bible stories from Old and New Testament.
*May; Themes;
Summer; collage; found objects
Holidays
Printing using potatoes, apples etc.
Paper Sculpture; Stabile
Pontillism : Use of
Also use of Computer ‘Paint’ programme also
Second Class; Themes from RE in preparation for Communion e.g. bible stories from Old and New Testament.
*June;
Themes; Summer; Warm colours and cool ones
Water; washes, paint and crayon overlay
The Seaside; Beside the sea. Under the sea; collage
Resources for teaching Art
Pattern;
Ideas for art lessons;
Print;
Colour;
Stained glass;
Artists; e.g. Rousseau, Monet, Dali, Picasso, Matisse;
MoMA | Claude Monet. Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond. c. 1920 ( a variety of artists profiled here;
quirky, child friendly commentary)
Optical Illusions;
Resources – equipment;
Paint, paper, card, pencils, scissors, drinking straws,
tooth brushes, crayons, metallic crayons, charcoal,
chalks, colouring pencils, markers, stencils, fabric,
plasticene, play dough, clay, printing ink and tools,
found and recycled objects, newspaper, cardboard, computer
A superb and comprehensive list here
on page 50 of June 2011’s In Touch,
in an article by Michael O’Reilly of the items
one would need to deliver the Primary Art Curriculum
‘Media and Materials’ by Michael O’Reilly
Art Matters: Plans for Art (1st/2nd Class)
First and Second Class
ARTS EDUCATION
Yearly Scheme for Art
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The time allocation for Arts Education (Art, Drama & Music) in 1st/2nd is three hours per week.
I plan for there to be extensive integration with topics from other subject areas e.g.,
with Language Development; English Irish, Mathematics, R.E., SESE, SPHE, etc.
ASSESSMENT
I will assess the children’s progress in Art through
- teacher observation,
- some teacher designed tasks
- and by saving samples of their work in a mini portfolio from September, December & June.
I will be particularly interested in their ability
- to express themselves through their work;
- their ability to learn new skills;
- to follow instructions and to follow a process.
I would also like the children to assess their own learning
- informally through discussion during and after class
- and formally in Looking and Responding exercises.
There will be Parent/Teacher Meetings in December
School Reports in June.
DIFFERENTIATION
I believe that every child is capable in the area of Art.
The range of activities will give each child the opportunity to be successful in this subject.
Arts Education; Art
Objectives; That the child should be enabled to
- work from their own experience and imagination
- use materials and tools as stimulus
- work from observation and curiosity
- use the work of artists and craft people as stimulus
- have an opportunity to work with two and three dimensional forms
- learn about process and product
A typical lesson will comprise of;
Step One; The stimulus
Step Two; The activity
Step Three; Evaluation
Concepts and skills development
Objectives; that the child would learn about the following concepts;
- an awareness of line
- shape
- form
- colour & tone
- texture
- pattern & rhythm
- space
These concepts and skills will be developed as strands that follow are covered.
Strands;
– Opportunities to Draw;
So that the child can express him or herself
with the marks that can be made with a variety of drawing instruments
on a range of surfaces.
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Photo Credit: merrick brown via Compfight
– Use Paint and Colour;
Expressing him or herself by experimenting
with a variety of colour drawing instruments and media
Using Computer Programme ‘Paint’
– Print;
To start with; using different textures and shapes, one or two colours.
Then beginning to organise print marks purposefully.
Overprinting
Relief prints
Mask outs
Computer experiments
Photo Credit: Denise Cortez via Compfight
-Use of Clay;
exploring, manipulating, inventing, discovering the possibilities of clay
as a medium for imaginative expression.
Also coil pots and pinch pots.
Photo Credit: Imajica Amadoro via Compfight
-Construction;
explore and experiment with the properties and characteristics
of materials in making structures.
Making imaginative structures.
– Creating in Fabric and Fibre;
exploring the possibilities of fabric and fibre
as media for imaginative expression.
Simple Collages
We will be knitting
Looking and responding will be an important aspect of each strand.
This will involve language development.
Looking at the work of other artists
Step One; Looking at and responding to the work
Step Two; The follow up may involve
using art work the child has seen
as a starting point for their own work.
Using a variety of techniques/media;
Painting;
- finger painting
- blow painting
- splatter painting
- marbling
- paint & crayon overlay
- paint & crayon resist
- paper batik designs
Drawing;
- using charcoal
- chalks
- crayons
- metallic crayons
- pencil
- colouring pencils
- markers
- doing crayon rubbings
- stencilling,
Construction; 2D&3D;
- paper sculpture
- tearing
- cutting & pasting
- fringing
- pleating
- curling & weaving
- montage& collage
- using found objects
Printing; to include;
- over printing
- and fold over printing
- relief prints
- mask outs
Fabric and Fibre;
- collage
- knitting
Clay
- making coil pots
- pinch pots
- integration with print
To ensure these techniques/media are all covered,
I will record as each is used on a sheet
like this pinned up in the classroom:
Procedural Writing: What we did today in Art.
Great attention to detail Matthew. At 1st glance it’s hard to tell what’s original & which parts you added. Well done.
What we did today in Art:
First we chose a picture from an old calendar.
Then we took a ruler and pencil
and ruled vertical lines
as wide as the width of the ruler.
Then we cut along these lines
and cut the picture into strips.
We glued the strips down in the correct order
on a larger sheet of white paper
being careful to leave space between the strips.
We looked at the pictures and the colours in them.
We selected colours we would use
that would match these colours.
We drew in the white strips on the page
and coloured them in, to complete the picture.
We admired our work
and that of our friends.
This is also very good JC. Excellent observation and attention to detail. It turned out well.
Digital Art Week 2013
We continue to have great fun with Digital Art Week,
which due to popular demand has been extended to a second week.
We made these pictures using the Collage Maker from
the National Gallery of Art’s Kidzone.
Here is the link if you would like to try it:
The Collage Machine from National Gallery of Art’s Kidzone
Many thanks to Adam, a TY student
who is here with us on Work Experience
who helped us do this today.
Many congratulations to Matthew who learned to
‘Print Screen’,
‘Paste’ in ‘Paint’,
‘Crop’ and ‘Save’.
Using ‘Seasaws’ – Art Activity for Digital Art Week 2013
We are participating in Digital Art Week
To start the week we made seaside collages online.
When you use:
‘Seasaws’ – online art activity from National Gallery of Art (Washington)
you can make pictures of the sea and shore.
We like this because we live beside the sea.
Using ‘Scribbler’ – for Digital Art Week 2013
If you want to use ‘Scribbler’
to make pictures
like the pictures we made today
the link is here.
To save it, you have to press ALT and Print Screen (‘Prtscn’)
and then paste the screenshot using ‘Paint’.
This is a little complicated, but playing ‘Scribbler’
even without saving your picture is fun.
Student Blogging Challenge 2013 continued. Week 5; A Secret in the Forest.
We are continuing with the Student Blogging Challenge.
This is Challenge 5.
We were asked to write a story
based on an image of a forest
where there was a signpost saying:
A Secret Hides In This Forest.
You can read about the challenge here:
Student Blogging Challenge 5: Secrets
We made a Photopeach Slideshow.
Nicole wrote the story.
Isabella drew the cat.
Clara drew the fairy.
The other children in 2nd Class Room 6
had already created the backgrounds.
HERE it is….
We hope you enjoy it!
The Secret That Lies In The Forest
Construction: Paper Sculpture Town – Recycled Materials
Inspired by the Chinese Willow Pattern
Soon it will be Chinese New Year
We listened to the story of the
Chinese Willow Pattern.
Then we acted out the story.
To finish we made ‘statues’
of that dramatic point in the story
where Li Chi’s Father tells Chang he must leave
and Li Chi begs her father to let her marry Chang.
We would love to hear what you think of our art.
A Song for Chinese New Year from ‘Children’s Music’ by Nancy Stewart.
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A Reminder:
Please don’t leave your child to explore online unattended
The internet is a portal to the world outside.
Children should be accompanied on this journey 😉
Seeing Pictures in Pictures: Emily Carr’s ‘Forest’
When 2nd Class, Room 6 were studying
the very beautiful painting ‘Forest’ by Emily Carr,
they were fascinated by pictures they could see in the picture.
The students of 2nd Class, Room 6 said
this was like finding pictures in the clouds in the sky.
Here are some of the images they could see in the original work.
A dragon
A Pirate
A Horse
What can you see in the picture?
‘I dream my painting and then paint my dream’. – Vincent Van Gogh
These are some of our pictures of trees.
Before we did our project we often drew trees
that looked like lollipops 😉
We learnt about colour, shape and angle,
looking at masterpieces by a variety of artists.
These included Vincent Van Gogh
and Georgia O’Keeffe .
These are some of the trees we drew today
at the end of our project on the theme of trees.
‘I found I could say things with color and shapes
that I couldn’t say any other way
– things I had no words for’.
Georgia O’Keeffe
Thanks again to Junior Art Gallery
whose link suggested this project to us.
We always appreciate feedback on our work 🙂
We would love you to comment!
‘Leaping Greenly Spirits of Trees’ – Art Project – Part 3
We spent the past few weeks looking at masterpieces of trees:
Van Gogh’s ‘The Mulberry Tree’
Mondrian’s ‘Gray Tree’
and Emily Carr’s ‘Forest’
Georgia O’Keeffe’s ‘The Lawrence Tree’
and Klimt’s ‘Tree of Life’.
You can see more of this work on other posts
Now having studied these works of art and trees ‘in real life’,
we will draw our own trees.
Before this project the most popular way
of drawing trees in the class was often like this:
However take a look at this slideshow
of the trees we drew since:
Perhaps after looking at our trees you might guess
which artist’s work we liked the best.
Was it Van Gogh’s colourful ‘Mulberry Tree?’
or Emily Carr’s ‘Forest’.
In fact as you can see from the graph below,
one artist’s work was a runaway success.
The children explained their choice by saying that
there seemed to be something ‘magical’
about Klimt’s ‘Tree of Life’
Spirits of Trees – An Art Project on the Theme of Trees
2nd Class Room 6 are continuing with
their art project on tree paintings.
Follow this link to see the first part of our project on trees.
We looked at some other famous pictures of trees.
We loved Georgia O’Keeffe’s ‘The Lawrence Tree’
We loved the strong colour of the trunk,
the unusual angle of the painting
and the tiny stars in the sky.
We admired Emily Carr’s ‘Forest’
We were fascinated by
all the different colours of Emily Carr’s Forest.
We expected there might be green and brown.
But when we enlarged the painting on the whiteboard,
we could see blues, purples, yellows and lots of other colours.
Painting the sky and the grass is not like
painting a wall of our house or the kitchen door.
They are not all one colour blue or green.
Then we looked at Klimt’s wonderful ‘Tree of Life’.
We loved the bright colours, the branches
that curled round and round
and the little details among the branches.
To complete our project we are going to think about
colour, angle and shapes
and then draw our own trees.
“i thank You God for most this amazing day:
for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky;”
from a poem by ee cummings
Inspired by Van Gogh and Mondrian: ‘Trees’ by 2nd Class Room 6
When our friend at Junior Art Gallery posted this link on their blog…
encouraging us to do the interesting art, that is on this link in turn
2nd Class, Room 6 didn’t need to be asked twice.
We chose to begin with
Van Gogh’s ‘The Mulberry Tree’
and the very different ‘Gray Tree’ by Mondrian
and tried to create our own versions.
The Mulberry Tree is colourful
and not surprisingly The Gray Tree is very grey.
Over the next few weeks
we will take a look at the other trees on this link:
‘Lawrence Tree’ by Georgia O’Keeffe,
‘Forest’ by Emily Carr,
‘Pine Tree Screen’ by Hasegawa Tohaku
and ‘The Tree of Life’ by Gustav Klimt.
We are working towards then, drawing
our own trees experimenting with
colour, shape, and angle as these
artists have done.
‘Trees’ by 2nd Class Room 6 on PhotoPeach
Many thanks to Junior Art Gallery for pointing us in the direction of this great idea.
DLTK Kids Artwork Ideas (Arbor Day)
This is the link to the 2nd part of this project 🙂
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Moments in the Sun – Being Successful – Taking Turns
We were talking in class about ‘moments in the sun’,
how every now and then some one has a day
where their talents are celebrated.
The children who took part in the Kilcoole Feis
had this ‘moment in the sun’.
Mark and Fiona had their most recent moment
when they got prizes in the art competition
organised by Junior Art Gallery.
More success will occur when the class enter
the Write A Book competition.
Winners and runners up will be picked from each class.
We will also enter the Junior Spiders Awards
and the Texaco Art competition
and who knows what might happen.
We talked about how we can’t expect
to climb to the top of the mountain
and be successful every day.
Being successful takes hard work.
Being successful also takes good luck.
If the weather was sunny every day
we would take it for granted.
The children in 2nd Class, Room 6
agreed that they all love snow days
but if it snowed everyday
they would eventually find this tedious.
Winning the Lotto would be
a dream come true
for many people,
but if it happened every day
we might say:
‘Oh No, not another
Lotto win’ 😉
We can take it in turns to be successful
and have our ‘moments in the sun’.
We can congratulate friends
who are successful
and enjoy their success
with them.
Today Nicole was successful.
Her lovely picture received praise
from Junior Art Gallery:
Nicole’s picture on Junior Art Gallery.com
Well done Nicole 🙂
This link will bring you to other successes 2nd Class Room 6 have had.
A Visualization based on ‘Winter Song’ by by Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson
Today we listened to a beautiful song:
‘Winter Song’ by Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson
This is what Matthew drew.
‘Winter Song’ was familiar to many of the students
because it is currently being used in an often repeated
advertisement on the television.
We studied the lyrics.
We used our imagination
and we sketched some pictures
that the lyrics put into our heads.
Then we took a look at a
wonderful animation on Vimeo
to inspire us even further.
‘Winter Song’ by Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson
Initially we used white chalk
on black sugar paper.
Then we added colour.
This is what we did:
These are the results:
Winter Pictures in Chalk on PhotoPeach
We would love to hear what you think of our artwork.
Do leave a comment.
We would love to hear from you.
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A Word to the Wise:
Please don’t leave your child to explore Vimeo or Photopeach unattended 
The internet is a portal to the world outside. Children should be supervised.
Visualizing ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’
Junior Art Gallery Competition
Children from 2nd Class Room 6 entered this competition:
Junior Art Gallery’s ‘Favourite Christmas Food’ Art Competition
from Junior Art Gallery
We received a very nice email
and some entries were on Twitter.
Favourite Christmas Food – Some entries
to see the thirteen entries from 2nd class Room 6
in Junior Art Gallery’s
‘Favourite Food Competition’
on display in ‘The Happy Pear’.
Patrons are invited to vote for their favourite.
I love them all 😉
UPDATE: Happy News for Fiona and Mark
who received their prizes today in school.
Thank you to Junior Art Gallery for this opportunity and your kindness.
Fiona’s and Mark’s pictures are on this link: Junior Art Gallery
