What on earth is going on here?
These are contour drawings using black fine liners. The children have a paper plate pushed down over the pen so that they can not see the paper.
The fun idea here is to just look at the object in front of you and draw. Try not to lift your pen. You might be surprised by the work you create.
The children had a ball with this one. it is quite a fast flowing excercise and the children are very much involved in the process of drawing.
Then we began to paint the small shapes created by the contour drawing itself. The children could choose one colour from red, blu or yellow. They then had to mix a tint or a tone of that colour.
How many new colours could you make?
This excercise is invaluable in showing children how to look at an object while drawing( and that they also need to look at the paper while drawing). Both are neccessary for a good work of art or for a successful experience at art.
I love the experience the children have when opening up their work once they have finished.
Some find this process painful and really do not like not being able to see their work as they are drawing.
Others settle into this place well. The colour mixing is the second part of this activity. In itself they kids have enormous fun while learning about mixing white and black respectively with the ir chosen colour.
I often try and get the artisits to name their work and date and sign it. What fun!!! This one is called , " Rolling in Blues."Don't you love it".
I just love these works of art. So full of life and movmement.
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