Grade 3- Healthy and Unhealthy food

This week out Grade 3s learnt about using prepositions in Art. Yes English in Art ! we learnt how to draw things by preposition . have a look !

Our Grade 3's were in Imaginary land this week - where they were invited to a feast to the White house to have lunch with Barack Obama.

Such wild imaginations!!!

Grade 2- Animals

This week our Grade 2's learnt to draw some more ferocious animals and some birds as well.
Take a look....

Our 2nd graders are learning to draw animals using basic shapes and they did really well!!

Have a look-

Grade 1- Lines and shapes

this week we learnt that lines and shapes make Patterns!!!

this week our Grade 1's learnt about different types of lines and shapes. Here is what they created with what they learnt.

GRADE 6 - Unit 2 - Universal Matters

This unit is going to kick start a great journey in the use of different mediums for the Grade 6ers- we will begin with pencil shading, then oil pastels and then our top class will dwell into the World of Acrylics.

But first things first... Pencil Shading and Oil Pastels on the their topic the Universe.

GRADE 5 - Unit 2 - Plants and its survival

This Unit the Grade 5's are going to learn how to use oil pastels, and learn to create landscapes and artwork on their topic plants.

WATERCOLOUR PENCILS - Different ways to use Watercolours!

Color and then brush with a wet brush:
Use your watercolor pencil to fill in a space, then add water.You can use your pencils to blend and layer color before or after adding water. I especially like to use this technique in my nature journal because I can do my sketching in the field and then add the water later...even much later at home. 

Dip the watercolor pencil in water first:
Dip the tip of your pencil in water and then use it to fill in your sketch.This is a nice technique for sketching in the field since you don't need to take along any paint brushes. You don't even need to carry water with you if you have a source in the field like a lake or stream. 

Wet the paper first: 
Try wetting your paper first and then adding your watercolor pencil. This works well for filling in larger areas of your sketch like the sky. Just remember that if you are working directly in your nature journal that this technique may warp your paper when it dries.

Use a wet brush on the pencil tip: 
Use the tip of your watercolor pencil like a paint palette by brushing it with a wet paint brush. 

Wet brush on broken watercolor pencil pigment:
Collect all those broken tips and use as a sort of paint palette by stroking with a wet paint brush. Use this technique if you break off a tip when sketching in the field and you don't have a pencil sharpener to make another point on your watercolor pencil. 

GRADE 4- Unit 2 - Government Affairs

This Unit the Grade 4s are taking it a step up and will learn about portraiture, we will study famous portraits and their artists and even have a surprise activity at the end of the Unit.

Have a look at some portraits!

GRADE 3 - Healthy food, Healthy Body

We are what we eat!!! This unit is a fun unit, we learn so much about what we put into our mouths and how it affects outs bodies.

We will study a variety of subjects this Unit and also learn to use a new medium - Watercolour pencils.
Over the holiday please try to go through the below pictures.