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.

Digital art

Year 6 children discussed ideas of objects they could hold in their hands.  Once they had decided, they had another child take the photo of just their hand.   This was printed out in colour and the students used pencil to draw their idea onto the printout.
Once happy with the sketch they highlighted the pencil in black vivid.

3 Dimensional Shapes:

Year 6 students looked at 3 D shapes.  A lamp was used to show the students the shadows produced by the light and shape.  They practiced these shapes and shading techniques to complete 4 different forms.
They then decided how they would be positioned on the paper and a digital photo of themselves was taken and added to the finished piece.