Click on the link above to see the Raindrop Room children creating their outdoor firework art to music.
Tag: expressive arts
Art From Nature
I wonder if any of you have noticed the new decorations hanging from the ceiling in the Raindrop Room? The children used fresh flowers and leaves to create these beautiful pictures at the end of last term and they are now hanging by the window near the story area.
Click then click again on photos to see their work and the names of the artists. We think that they did a super job.
Jackson Pollock
Various methods were experienced by the children in the Rainbow Room when trying to recreate the work of the artist Jackson Pollock. Brushes, pipettes, string and elastic bands over a box were all available and the children loved trying out them all.
Berrie: it’s splat paint.
Freddie: I like messy paint.
Poppy: it’s like Jackson Pollock the painter.
Tom: he was a painter. He lived in America.
Kaius: we splatted paint, dropped paint, played music with paint.
Arcimboldo Artists
As part of our learning about Autumn at the end of term, some of the children looked at the work of the artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo. We discussed his âAutumnâ portrait and learned how he used food to depict the seasons as faces then we used various materials to make our own portraits. As you can see, some of the children have been inspired by learning about this artist and have produced some super work.
Robin: an artist can be a boy or a girl. The artist is Arcimboldo. He made pictures with food.
Kyla: I’ve made eyes with carrots and I’ve made hair and sweet banana for my nose.
Ella: I did a wink for my eyes. The nose is a sweetie banana.
Skye D.: I’ve used bows in my hair and pasta for my mouth.
Fern: the red stuff is the hair, curly hair like mine.
Joely: I used laces for my hair and carrots for my eyes.
Sophie: I used glue and sweets to make my picture.
Leighanna: I used dolly mixtures for my eyes.
Hecklegirth Hairdressers
After lots of enthusiasm around their pet shop and vet’s recently, the children in the Rainbow Room decided to have a change and have a hairdresser’s in their role play area. So far it has certainly proved to be very popular.
Leaf Blowing
Having collected Autumn leaves on a walk, some children created a picture of themselves blowing the leaves in the air. Have a look in the corridor to see lots more examples of their work.
Marble Art
We provide lots of different opportunities for the children to express themselves creatively in the art area and would like to share a little gallery here of some experimenting with marbles in paint. The children’s work is currently displayed in the school corridor beside the hall so have a look if you’re passing by.
Jungle Dance
Our “Rumble in the Jungle” focus in the Rainbow Room led to the children learning a dance to a song from “The Jungle Book”. Here you can see them initially practising the dance in Nursery then marching along the corridor to Primary 1 to give a performance of their final work in the Primary 1 classroom, wearing the animal masks they had made themselves.
We thought that the children showed great confidence to perform to an audience in an unfamiliar environment and they produced such a super performance that they then performed to Primary 1/2 as well.
Rumble In The Jungle
Following on from their work on “Rumble in the Jungle” in the nature area, the children in the Rainbow Room made super jungle pictures which you can see on display in Nursery. Click then click again on photos to get a better look at their artwork and watch out for some animal eyes peeping out from behind the jungle foliage.
Paint Patterns
Experimenting to make footprints with paint was great fun in the Raindrop Room garden last term as the children compared patterns, sizes and a number of different colours. The end results made a great display – have you noticed some of the children’s footprints hanging outside?
