Friday, July 10, 2020

Final Week!

Hello my lovely artists!


Thank you for joining me in creating art over the last 13 weeks! 



We have created some truly beautiful things and I am so grateful to all of you for joining in! 



This week, you can have a look back through all of the weeks and pick one you would like to try that you haven't, or do your favourite one again! 



This week you can be as creative as you want! Adapt one of them if you wish and use all the techniques you have learned. 
Enjoy!






















Friday, July 3, 2020

Outer Space Week







Why not have a go at creating a solar system using salt dough? 
Use some card board as the backing and think about the order of the planets. Which ones are big? Which ones are small? 

Friday, June 26, 2020

Landscape Week!

This week, inspired by Isabella's suggestion, is Landscape Week!










Other nature inspired art you could do:

Go outside and create a picture using only natural materials you find in your garden / the woods
Try and find things are are colourful and have great patterns!
Take a photo and send it in / put in your folder on the portal! 

Friday, June 19, 2020

Chef Week!

 It's Snack-tastic Chef's week!
Thank you to Ryo and Isabella for the great suggestion!

















Why not have a go at making some Salt Dough pizza - or any food!  You could make a mini kitchen-full! Fruit, vegetables! What ever! Have a look at the method below to remind yourself 







Thanks to Cassie Stephens!

Friday, June 12, 2020

Weaving Week!

Thank you for the suggestions this week! I've decided we are going to do a practical art week - and do some weaving! Keep an eye out next week as well for some of your requests. 
If you were in Year 3/4 last year, you might recognise these - thank you for suggesting it.  

Weaving is SUCH great fun! 
There may be a few tricky bits along the way so you'll need your resilience - but it's chock full of maths, hands-on learning and helps your fine motor skills! 
I LOVE it! 

If you're a newbie to weaving, start with the paper weaving, it will help you understand the 'over, under' technique you'll need. 
If you're a bit of an expert - go straight for the circle loom! You might need a bit of parent or sibling help to get this one started. 






Friday, June 5, 2020

Pet Week!

In hard and tough times, our pets often get us through! Even if you don't have one, let's celebrate our furry (and scaly) friends this week:


PET WEEK

There are two videos this week, super easy and cute 'Origami Pets', and 'I Love My Pet Selfies'!

There are also loads of pets you can draw here










Friday, May 29, 2020

Street Art Week

This week we are going to be looking at 
'Street Art'

Street art is any art created in public spaces.

Most street art is temporary and usually painting in unconventional places for art.

While it is illegal to just paint/draw on whatever you want, where ever you want, there are some ways in which artists can share their work, legally (and some not so!) Often they are paid to paint beautiful murals around cities and towns. 

One of my favourite things to do when exploring a new city, or even one we live in, is to have a look around for Street Art - you might even see some in your local town or on your walks - even if it's a 'tag' (which is not allowed as it is vandalism). Tags are done really quickly and are most called 'throw-ups', because they quite literally throw them up onto a surface, which often makes them look rushed (because the artists do not want to be caught and arrested!) 

Some take more time, or use stencils, to complete their work to a higher standard. Banksy, a famous street artist does this method a lot. 

Quite often, street artists portray a message through their art, like a political statement. Many believe that it is important to bring art to everyone, not just keep it in galleries! 

You might have heard of some famous street artists like Banksy and Keith Haring. Click on their names to learn more about them. 

This Banksy has just appeared outside a hospital in South Hampton in the last few weeks - can you think about what the message is here? Think about the NHSKeith Haring Mural 

Today we are going to look at two ways we can share the amazing style of graffiti artists without doing anything against the rules! 

Pick one, or both, and have a go!















Here is some Street art from places I have visited around the world - maybe you have too!



The John Lennon Wall in Prague

An alley in Barcelona

Some examples of Street Art in Barcelona

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