Year 5/6 Romero Britto Portraits

This term's focus was on colour.  Last year I discovered the talented Romero Britto (http://www.britto.com/) and absolutely loved his contemporary art work and thought that his style would interest my students.  So I took the plunge and introduced Britto to my students.  We looked at his biography and viewed his amazing art work.  The students' task was to create a fun portrait capturing Britto's style of colour and pattern.  They had to use bold lines in their art work.  They used black markers and vibrant oil pastels.  This task was challenging but the results were outstanding.

Prep Self-Portraits

I'm very proud of my youngest students.  We have been working all term on portraits and developing the idea of detail and character in our portraits We used chalk pastel.  I wasn't sure how my Preps were going to cope with blending colours and really exploring the possibilities.  Well, once again I was totally surprised and so very pleased with the results.  It is so wonderful to see the Prep students develop so dramatically in such a short time.  Well children, Mrs P is so very proud of you all!

Warm/Cool People

As we have been learning about the colour wheel this term, the children also explored warm and cool colours.  They had  to choose one or the other and then blend chalk pastels.  They really enjoyed getting their hands dirty, well almost everyone did.  Once their backgrounds were complete, they used Giotto Turbo Maxi markers to draw themselves.  I encouraged lots of detail in their drawings.  Once again the year 1/2 students created wonderful art work.  Well done everyone!

1/2 Self-Portraits

After spending last session painting backgrounds using water colour ink, the year 1/2 students painted their self-portraits with black paint.  Prior to commencing we looked at the parts of the face and how to paint them effectively.  I was very pleased with the results.  I noticed confidence in their brush strokes and an overall enthusiasm.

Preps - Concentric Rings on a large scale

After studying Kandinsky Concentric rings during the last 3 weeks, our clever Preps have undergone their very first painting experience in the art room.  They only used the primary colours.  The main objective was for the children to discover mixing colours on their own.  Well, the results were fantastic.