Prague Art Trip
The Art Trip gives students, who otherwise may not have the opportunity, an authentic art learning experience outside of Qatar. The city of Prague offers an immersion experience, not unlike walking through a living gallery. Over the course of 4…
Dragons on Silk
Students planned a unique dragon to paint, and sketched it out in their sketchbooks. We did a few practice runs with the silk paint, blending colors and using salt for effect. Students then traced their dragon (some did it free…
Clay Snails
Some fun clay snails made with my grade 6 students.
Using Caricatures in Printmaking Showing Positive & Negative Space
Students researched caricatures from children’s books and online. Students then created their own original caricature- the idea was to have simple lines and some exaggerated features. Students used tracing paper to trace the caricature from their sketchbook onto both sides…
Printed Flowers in a Vase
This lesson in printmaking and drawing was adapted from one of my favorite art teacher web sites: http://arteascuola.com Students first painted a background for their flowers with tempera paint. They then carved various flower patterns into foam and cut these…
Mexican Inspired Sun
We looked at images of the sun from Mexico and studied Mexican folk art motifs. Students then created a plan with either a sun, or a sun and moon, deciding which parts would be raised or added on, and which…
Dancing Camels
Inspired by the book Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker- Rees. Students practiced drawing realistic and cartoon camels before creating their own unique dancing camel final version. We then colored these camels with colored pencil. The background…
Inspired by Sarah Silberzweig
Students created these oil drawings after looking at images created by Sarah Silberzweig. Students used oil sticks that were quite thick, but went on the canvas boards quite smoothly.
Oil Pastel Portraits
These portraits were created with oil pastels on a photocopied picture of a person the students admired. After looking at examples of Van Gogh and other impressionist artists, student chose their colors carefully and used careful strokes to create the…
Copper Repousse
Students practiced pushing copper foil into various patterns using zentangle examples for inspiration. We also had different tools to create designs. The idea behind this project was to extend the pattern they created in the copper foil out onto the…
