Term 3 session 6

The collaborative art, Green Eggs and Ham, has been finished (much to my delight). I now have the problem of displaying it.

Todays warm-up was drawing the negative shape around bird drawings using indian ink and a stick. This medium gives different dynamics to the effect it gives in the drawings and children gain more confidence when they know they can not rub out. They tend to take more risks when applying the lines.
One thing to watch our for is if the children tap their stick on the side of the ink container after dipping, it tends to flick and can go onto other peoples work and everything else close by. (Paint shirts are a must).

Last but not least, we prepared our canvas for next week. The canvas paper has been covered with tissue paper and watery PVA glue. This creates a lovely textured base for our painting because it dries very hard. To be continued...