Paint and weaving

Year 3 children used paint mixed with wall paper paste, which produces a thicker paint consistency.  They used toothbrushes, milk bottle lids, scrapers, and the pointy end of the paintbrush to make patterns on 2 sheets of A3 paper.

 Once dry one of the sheets were cut into strips.  The children used these strips to weave somewhere on their artwork.

Animals

 Year 3 students sketched different animals and transferred each part of the animals onto corrugated cardboard.  They cut out each piece and painted them either black or white.  Patterning was used on 2 or 3 parts of the animal. 
The patterns were either detailed in black vivid or white correction pens.
The whole animal was repositioned onto card and glued into place.
Next to each finished piece is their original sketch.

My Brown Bear Barney

 Year 2 students sketched Teddy bears and looked at the position of the eyes and how it changes the look of the bear.
They enlarged their bears and used ink pen to outline and then brown dye inside.  Each bear has a scarf with different patterns which are also dyed.

Koru patterns

Year 1 students drew koru shapes onto card which was cut out and used later as a stencil.  Each child had a large piece of paper in which they applied paint to and then using coloured PVA paint in bottles  drew spirals and dots. Their stencil was then used on  the dried paper.  The koru shapes were cut out and glued onto black backing.

Taniwha

Year 4's looked at shapes and patterns consistent with a wooden Taniwha.  They divided their page into 4 parts, the first section needed to be filled with the brows, the second was the eyes and nose, the third was the mouth and the final section had the arms.  We added patterning to the art work and applied brown dye to the face. Other colours were selected for the patterns and mouth.  Black vivd pen was used to highlight lines and thicker lines emphasised the nose, mouth and eyes.

Faces

Year 3 students used different types of cardboard to produce their faces.  They added the eye colour with watercolour paints and acrylic paint for the lips. Each was glued onto the inside of a box for display.

Shells

Year 5 students sketched many different shells and used black vivid to outline first.  They used cotton buds and dye to colour the shell.  White crayon was used to show the light source.  

Lighthouse bags

Year 4 students drew and painted lighthouses.  They were covered with varnish at the end and glued onto A3 paper bags to display.  The bags give the artwork an 3D effect.

Houses

Year 1 students painted the background of their A3 page with blue dye.  They then used water colour paints to cover pages from old books.  Once they were dried they drew their houses, trees and clouds onto the sheets and glued them onto the background.  Black vivid was used to outline the work.

Robots

Year 2 students used a variety of materials such as cardboard, milk bottle tops and foam shapes to make their robot.  The finished robot was sprayed in silver paint.

Shoes

Year 6 students used ripped magazine pieces to add colour to their shoes.  PVA glue was used at the end of the process to give a glossy look.

Patterns

Year 1 students practiced different line patterns. I masked off areas on pieces of cardboard for each child.  Seeing we had been focusing on painting as a school, the children used this knowledge to apply different colours to each area.  The following week we used black vivid pens to draw a different pattern in each space.
The masking tape was then removed.

Spring flowers

Year 3 students looked at and sketched flower shapes.  They had to sketch flowers closed, facing different directions and various sizes.  The pencil outlines were covered with black vivid and the background was dyed blue using a paint brush.  Cotton buds were used for the inside of the flowers, around the stems and leaves.  The cotton buds are dipped into the dye and used like a pencil- this gives the children greater control.

Bird on a wire

Year 2 students ripped newspaper and glued this onto cartridge paper.  They completed it with a top coat of PVA glue which dries clear and shiny.
Having drawn birds and power lines in their sketch books, they re- drew them onto the newspaper background in pencil.
Once happy with this, the students used black vivid to highlight the silhouette.

Marbles

Year 5 students looked at marbles and saw different patterns within them.  They designed their own group of marbles making sure they were different sizes.  Circles were made onto cartridge paper and they used watercolour paints to give the glassy look.  They added white onto one side of the marble to show the light source.  Once all the marbles were painted we used black paper and drew lines to make it look like the corner of a room.  One side of the wall was coloured in with white pastel.  The students then attached their marbles overlapping some of them.  They used charcoal to add a shadow onto the back marble.

Tree watching

Year 3 students looked carefully at the trees in the school grounds.  They discovered that the trunk looked very thick and further up the tree the branches got thinner and were sometimes hard to see because of the leaves.  The students transferred this onto paper using pencil and just drew the trunks.  They learnt about shades and tints and used a blotting motion with the paint brush when adding the leaves.  They finally took photos of each other, deciding how they wanted to be looking up at the tree.  These photos were printed out and glued onto the completed art work.

Newspaper cats

Year 1 students learnt how to draw a cat in their sketch books and then we transferred this knowledge onto newspaper.  They needed to draw each part of the cat, in pencil, onto the newspaper.  Firstly we started with the round shape of the face and glued that onto coloured paper.  Then we added ears and a body.  The eyes were drawn and coloured in on white paper and attached to the face.  Whiskers were cut out from strips of paper and glued into place.  Lastly they drew a collar using black vivid.