The children had to look closely at the shadows and light. By turning off the classroom lights the nature light coming through the windows made the shadows and light more obvious on the objects.
During this activity we used different media: charcoal, charcoal and water, graphite pencil and rubbing back, indian ink applied with a stick and indian ink and thin white paint applied with a brush.
The learning of shapes, shadow, light and the different media are building the tools required for the children to create their own composition.
Planning the composition:
The criteria:
The slit view finder must be used (no whole objects are to be drawn, only parts of things)
The media must be a combination of charcoal, charcoal and water, graphite pencil and rubbing back, indian ink applied with a stick or indian ink and thin white paint applied with a brush.
A completed artwork will be A2 size.
The composition will be made up of a series smaller images put together like a collage.
The subject is up to the children as is the format is their own design.
We started the process by writing things that interested them, it could be anything.
Next we chose two things from the list that exited them most.
Another brainstorm to write everything possible pertaining to that topic, item or thing.
We repeated the process with the second most exciting thing.
Next they had to chose the least favourite on the initial list, it could also be the one they thought would be the hardest to do. Same process used as above.
After choosing the list they were most excited about (and yes some changed to the least favourite because they had initially thought it too hard) the children had to start drawing a few images from memory. This task help them to realise their next step in the process.
To conclude this session they made a list of things they need to being next week,
objects and photos many.
The children left the room buzzing about what they were going to do.
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