Term 3 session 3

Started with a warm-up exercise of drawing upside down. These drawing are getting more accurate as the students feel more comfortable about looking at lines.

I introduced the picture plane concept today. We taped a view finder on the classroom window for each of the children and with a whiteboard marker drew the scene outside. To do this the child must hold their head as still as possible and shut one eye, then they trace the images on the window. They did find this quite hard to draw the lines in the environment, so I changed the viewing subject.
The children held a view finder and clear plastic (overhead projector transparency)on their hand and used the picture plane to trace the lines of their hand. We photocopied the image on the clear plastic. The children were amazed at the results. Next step would be to use the photocopies and focus on shadow and light.

Continued with the Green eggs and Ham collaborative art. Drawing on wet strength cartridge they used pencil to draw the images, then used dye of block in the colours. When dry we will redraw the lines with black permanent marker. Each child draws one page, when complete we will put the story in sequence so everyone can read the story without words. The children have enjoyed participating in this project. The artist ability varies, but that is the beauty of cooperating with each other. I get the children to look at each others work and to make suggestions on improving the drawings. They are very good at this and accept the critique of their peers.