To encourage the children to use the right side of their brain I introduced a hard concept for 5 and 6 year olds to do, but to my delight most of the children in this group gave it a go. The concept: drawing the negative space around an object. I explained to them that the air is around an object hence being the negative space/shape and the object is the positive shape. To help them understand I hold black paper behind an object then demonstrate drawing the shape where the air touches the object. The negative space is coloured black. It is amazing how the children look at the shape far more closely than when drawing the positive shape (object). Negative shapes are interesting in themselves and hopefully this knowledge/skill will help children look beyond the obvious. (It’s a good theory anyway). Of course more practice is needed to strengthen this knowledge.
We have nearly completed the Green Eggs and Ham illustrations. The children are very proud of themselves and are engaging in true collaborative artwork by working on each others pictures, helping and working along side others to complete the work.
Next problem to solve will be how to display it so other people can interact and read the story.
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