Colours

The focus for this term is about colours. Pupils learnt about primary/ secondary colours through artist Jackson Pollock's artwork. They explored the creation of secondary colours despite being given only 3 colours - red, yellow and blue. They wrote down their observations after careful examinations and comparison with Pollock's art. Notice how some pupils wrote what they thought they saw rather than what they really saw. For the subsequent lessons, pupils were encouraged to do research for their 3D sculpture work. They were given jumping clay to work with. Again, the 3 primary colours were given. They will be able to produce secondary colours with them.

Taken from: http://jumpingclayscotland.com/lets-get-started

Pupils doing their research for 3D sculpture

We ended the term by giving each other constructive feedback. Pupils were given post-it paper and select artwork which they feel strongly about to comment.

Cubism

Cubism was the first 'abstract' art style which began in the early 1900s when artists such as Georges Braque (French) and Pablo Picasso (Spanish) began painting in such a way that was far removed from traditional art styles. The Cubists tried to create a new way of seeing things in art.

Look at your favourite toy. When you look at your toy from the front, back, sides, bottom and top, does it look the same? These different views are called perspectives.

In traditional artworks, artists would capture things in very realistic ways using only ONE perspective - the way our eyes naturally see. Cubists would capture ways of seeing things by using different views which lead to multiple perspectives! 

Using the drying rack

Hold the thumbs over the painting on the way to the drying rack

DO NOT slot the painting in between the racks

Place the painting on the rack and bring down the next one

Our Art gallery

Feedback on P6-1's drawings

With right-brain drawing, pupils should refrain from drawing the outlines first before shading. 

Handling watercolour palette and brushes

Pupils should not wash their watercolour palettes under running water. 

Dirty brushes should be gently clean under running water.

Positive and negative space

Negative space is the area between and around an image. Look at the white space between the letter "E" and "x" in the word "FedEx". See the arrow? That's negative space. When we draw, we begin by shading lightly the area in our drawing paper. Then we erase the part that's not the outline of our subject in order to reveal it.