This Friday we will be once again visiting the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh for our inspiration.
One of my favourite sculptures in the Gallery of Modern Art is ‘Vulcan’. He is an enormous figure constructed from steel, measuring 730 cm in height. He was created by the Scottish artist, Eduardo Paolozzi
Click on the Sway to find out more about your Feel-Good Friday activity! I hope you have fun creating it.
Today, rather than posting a Sway, I’m going to share some art activities from the National Galleries of Scotland.
Each week, throughout the lockdown, they have been posting ideas for creative projects for children, including mud painting, spiral finding, map drawing, and bangle making.
Click on the link to find out more. Don’t forget to take photos of your artwork and tell your teacher how you got on!
Have fun!
For this Friday’s creative challenge I was inspired by Mrs Fraser’s assembly on different types of art, also by a comment that Hayden made on the blog.
Today we are going to be creating pictures using small stones and pebbles. The subject of your picture is entirely your choice – it could be your family, your cat or dog, birds, flowers – anything!
Click on the Sway to find out more …
Don’t forget to take photos of your artwork and send them to your teacher or to me, so that I can make a gallery on Sway to show your creations to everyone. Have fun, and have a great weekend.
This week, we challenged you to create your own piece of art and to write a short biography.
Here is the work that was produced – Enjoy!
Hi Everyone,
I thought I would cover an area of art that creates mystery, excitement but also plays a role in our culture and society in positive ways but also unfortunately sometimes in negative ways.
This Sway will go through the history of Graffiti and some tasks along the way including some Critical Questioning and Thinking and a chance to create your own graffiti style art piece.
Following on from last week’s ‘Become an Art Critic’ post, I thought we could meet up here to have a discussion regarding the paintings. You can have another look at them here before adding your comments below:
My personal favourite from the ones I posted is number 5 – ‘Starry Night’ by Vincent van Gogh. It depicts a moonlit scene with a large cypress tree in the foreground and a small town in the background. The most noticeable thing is, however, the sky. The artist has used bold, swirling brushstrokes to create a sense of movement. This makes me think that he may have been upset or agitated when he was painting this. The cypress tree in the foreground is buffeted by the wind, perhaps reflecting van Gogh’s own inner turmoil. It is not a calming painting, but I love the colours and the wildness of the swirling starry sky.
Let’s hear your thoughts!
Now that the trees are in leaf and many of the flowers in our gardens are beginning to bloom, I thought we could try making decorative eye masks using natural materials.
Wearing decorative masks can be traced back to history of Venice and its carnival celebrations. The tradition of mask-wearing started in the 13th century when Venetians held many celebrations and parties. They would wear elaborate masks to hide their identity, just like you may do at Hallowe’en.
Click on the Sway below to find a step-by-step guide for making your own mask. It’s very simple, and you need only a few resources. Remember to ask for an adult’s permission first!
Here is another quick tutorial: How to make a Leaf Mask
Don’t worry if you can’t find any leaves or flowers – you could cut out leaf and flower shapes from coloured tissue or paper, or even draw your own.
Here is a link to a simple mask template which you can download and print out: Mask Template
Once your mask is finished, why not make up a short play and then act it out while wearing your mask? I look forward to seeing all your creations!
In today’s post, I am challenging you to become an art critic.
An art critic is a person who specialises in analysing, interpreting and evaluating works of art. Their written reviews are published in newspapers, magazines, books, exhibition brochures, catalogues and on web sites.
In my Sway you will find some hints and tips on becoming an art critic. You will then have the opportunity to study and assess several well-known paintings.
I would love to hear your thoughts on the paintings, so please come back and discuss them with me on the Blog. I will be holding an Art Appreciation discussion next week – come along and share your views!
It can take some time to learn how to use watercolours correctly, until I learned a little trick that can give the same effect very easily.
Follow the instructions in the sway below.
Once you have completed the activity you can use it as a back ground to stick drawings or pictures on top of. Or you could write your name, quote or phrase on top too.
Remember to share your results with your teacher through seesaw or email. Have a great time with some felt tips and water.
We are looking at Counting In on the grids this week. This could be counting in 1’s 2’s 5’s 10’s 3’s and so on.
We can start from one and focus on counting on from there or you may like to challenge yourself and select a number in the 100 square and start from there.
Follow the sway below for an activity idea you can do at home. There is a variety of ways you can do this jigsaw style art. I have just given you the instructions to follow one method.
Remember that if you complete this activity to take a photo and send it to your teach via email or seesaw.
