Category: Art

Students made art this term inspired by phenomina in the natural world . Ms. Mudry challenged them to use recycled cardboard, scissors and hot glue, to create unique, six-sided snowflakes.

After discovering the science behind the mysterious aurora borealis, students created their own templates and used chalk pastels to represent the streaks of colour in the night sky.

Our culminating art project this term was an animal collage piece. Students used oil pastels and their knowledge of the colour wheel to choose analogous colours for their cat or dog’s eyes. Next, they drew on large sheets of paper with crayon and then colour washed the paper in vibrant water colours. After tearing the sheets into strips, students glued on the paper in a starburst fashion to suggest animal fur. Next, they applied the pastel eyes and nose. The final step was using black paint to add details around the eyes and muzzle. Thank you Ms. Mudry for teaching us so much about colour, line and perspective this year!

Students expressed themselves using their understanding of line and colour by creating several, pleasing works of art. Their snowpal art was a seasonal opportunity to use perspective by drawing and adding embellishments to four, fading snowpals. They also created an interpretation of Warli Art, a tribal Indian art form, using warm or cool colours and geometric shapes. This art project was shared with the school during our virtual Pink Shirt Day assembly.

We have been learning about colour theory in art with Ms. Mudry. Among other concepts, students learned that some colours are warm and some are cool. The warm colours are colours like red, orange and yellow and some of the cool colours are blue, green and purple. They were then given the opportunity to practice this theory by creating their own tree art.

First making a grid with a circle in the centre, students drew a tree trunk with branches reaching up and out to the edge of the circle. They used their understanding of line to create designs on the trunk and branches. Finally, they had to decide where to fill in the cool and warm colours.  Warm colours inside the circle made it look like the sun, while cooler colours looked more like a moon. The contrasting effect came from colouring the outside of the circle using the opposite colour choice. Students proudly shared their tree art at our virtual Hallowe’en assembly.

Last week, you created still life drawings based on objects found in your home. You are welcome to visit our Art gallery to see the beautiful results.

A still life is a collection of non-moving objects, like flowers or food, that you can use as a subject for a drawing or painting.  Your task is to draw the still life using objects in your home as the subject. Remember to pay attention to the shapes and shadows.