Art Games online:
https://quickdraw.withgoogle.com/
Term 2: Chinese Shadow Puppets
(Jan-April 2020)
What are shadows and why do we have them?
How to make Shadow animals with your hands?
NEXT: Grab a torch and try to make some animals shapes using your hands or objects from around the classroom?
Click here to read the Story of Shadow Puppets
Lesson 2: Learning about
Geometric and Organic shapes
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Term 1: Art Around the World
(August-December 2019)
Year 3 students have been exploring the connections between the art that is made in different countries. Can you tell where an artwork is from, by looking at it?
Is all the art from one country the same? Does the country an artist is from influence what they make?
Our six different classes have each been learning about both traditional art from a specific continent as well as a contemporary artist.
These explorations lead us to focus on Shape, colour and line, and we found that there are a lot of ways we can experiment with these Elements of Art. We have been experimenting with weaving and collage from Africa, watercolour paint and oil crayon from Australia, paper cutting techniques from Europe, cardboard sculpture to make Totem Poles from Canada, sewing skills from South America and even wire animal monsters from Mexico.
South America: Mola Designs from Colombia and Romero Britto from Brazil
North America: Totem Poles (Canada) and Alebrijes (Mexican)
Africa: Kenta Cloth weaving (Ghana) and Aboudia (Abdoulaye) Diarrassouba (Côte d’Ivoire)
Europe: Henri Matisse (France) and Friedensreich Hundertwasser (Austrian / New Zealand)
Asia: Katsushika Hokusai (Japan) and Yayoi Kusama (Japan)
Oceania: Koru Designs (from New Zealand) and Ken Done (Australia)
Whenever we need to practice our drawing skills we love to watch step by step videos or use step by step pictures to help us get our shapes right.
Here are some other links to help us draw landmarks
Merlion-Singapore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XCXdJ8ri5Q
Eiffel tower-Paris, France
https://www.drawingtutorials101.com/how-to-draw-an-eiffel-tower
Taj Mahal-India
https://www.drawingtutorials101.com/how-to-draw-taj-mahal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vyf67WY2cI&list=PLRSF9Mv-D3e4LTcGUsLkhM-nPZDv2Fiy_&index=12
Leaning tower Pisa, Italy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9ZYlZMuHj0
Christ the Redeemer-Brazil
https://www.drawingtutorials101.com/how-to-draw-christ-the-redeemer
Sydney Opera House, Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YShMBuk0S-A
Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7-1_VV09Ro
Great wall of China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvTOtzJ_lYY
Shanghai World Financial Tower (Bottle Opener)-Shanghai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c9ztqnm2WA
Golden gate bridge, San Francisco USA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_0NjwHzlXc
