Grade 2 created self-portraits under the spell of Pablo Picasso. It was in our PYP connection to our unit about the role models.
Art classes in Berlin
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Grade 2 created self-portraits under the spell of Pablo Picasso. It was in our PYP connection to our unit about the role models.
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While the little rabbit has tripped in their apple home and the mother is taking care of the bruises , the father comes home from work (the constellation) and the horse is pooing all over the yard. Party time!
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We were working hard to understand the process of printing by making lino prints using four colours. It’s a lot of work and it lasts forever but the children are so captivated in this process and development it is worth every moment, every struggle, every obstacle.
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Through these beautiful mandalas we explored shapes, symmetry and pattern.
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We tried some mono-printing. Our theme were animals in their natural habitats.
This is a really easy technique with beautiful results of both, the print and the template.
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Convexity and concavity. Sculpture and relief. Topography and amphitheatry.
Am I warm? Am I cool? Am I big? Am I small? Am I winter? Am I summer?
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Our PYP unit in Grade 3 was about markets and services. We spoke about fair trade and made graphic identity: logos, stamps and posters, for imaginary fair trade services children had chosen.
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Our still lifes were made with observational drawing of real fruits and vegetables. Children observed the surface and the colour, the shape and the size and tried to capture it in our drawings.
Paintings are made with aquarell paints on aquarell paper.
In addition we used inks and wooden sticks to add the outlining and incorporate the writing into our artworks.
I tried to do the writing in this particular project with kids before but since they are only 6 and many struggles to write I was about to give up.
Yet sticks and inks turned out wonderfully. It was much more of a play than serious writing. And the works are stunning!
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We love books. All kind of books; comics, art books, history books, books about nature and birds, flowers and insects, fantasy books…
So we are very pro world book day-ers! We celebrated it by making an illustration inspired by a book that is dear to us. What else!
We hung our works on the walls of our schools’ library, right where they belong.
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We discussed Mail Art and Fluxus (there are many explanations to the meaning of the name but of course we loved the one connected to the toilet the most!!) across the Grade 4.
I always wanted to do this with kids but it’s a bit complicated since you need people to send mail to. And they have to know what it is about when they get the mail. So it’s a bit of organization involved.
I can’t believe I’m saying this but here Covid actually worked in our favour.
Since new regulations divided our classes in half so half of students don’t see each other any more, we decided to write each other letters, print stamps, draw, make objects.
It was really exciting to go and pick up the mail they left for us from previous week and add something to it. The free interpretation and creation are something students really loved.