Our role model in Grade 2 was also Yayoi Kusama who turned her illness into art. We had fun learning about 3-D and papier-mache technique.
And how to dry 3 giant prosciuttos.
Balance and rhythm in art
We learned about balance and rhythm in art. We build a city, our main goal focused on rhythm and balance which we researched with shapes, colours, size and composition.
We asked ourselves questions as, what would happen if you change the direction or composition of one of the shapes? It’s colour? Size?
Also. If shapes are mainly warm coloured, how can we make our painting stronger when colouring the background?
Picasso inspired collages
Grade 2 created self-portraits under the spell of Pablo Picasso. It was in our PYP connection to our unit about the role models.
Inside the fruits
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!
Lino printing
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.
Mandalas
Through these beautiful mandalas we explored shapes, symmetry and pattern.
Material printing, monotipie
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.
Topographic sculptures
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?
Graphic identity
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.
Still lifes now again and forever
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!
