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.