During our first lesson, we practised putting our Art smocks on and had a tour of the Art room so we could see where everything was kept. We are so lucky to have such a big room for Art. Then we read one of my favourite stories, called 'The Dot' by Peter Reynolds.
Most students at Marlborough are familiar with this book and when they see it on my table, always ask if we can read it again! It's a wonderful story about a young girl who thinks she can't draw and Peter Reynolds reminds us all, through his wonderful story, to not be afraid of expressing ourselves and to just 'make a mark and see where it takes you.'
Well, the Foundation students certainly made their mark during our first lesson and created some very colourful dots of their own, using crayons and poster paints. I have taken photos of each students during their first lesson and will be sending them home shortly.
For our second lesson in Art, we talked all about the element of LINE and how we can create many different types of line in our artwork. We even gave the lines some names of their own and practised drawing them in the air!
Students then set to work on creating their own 'Magic Carpet', using a variety of different lines and patterns.
We drew our lines in black oil pastels and then 'magically' painted over them with poster paints.
"Wow! I can't believe that my lines still stay there when I paint over them!" I heard one student exclaim. A great opportunity for me to then talk about how the oil pastels 'resist' the water paints <insert lots of "oohs" and "ahhs" here from the students>...
To finish off our 'Magic Carpets', we tied on some wool to the corners (thanks to Lachie, Grace and Tracey for your help with this!). Don't they look fabulous! Well done Foundation students!
