Term 3 session 5

We started with a warm-up of drawing a chair by concentrating on the negative shapes around it. It is easy to see if the child is not looking at the negative shapes. They find is difficult to get the proportions right and the left brain tells them the chair has four legs all the same length and that is what they draw. By drawing the negative shapes (right brain) the proportions and perspective automatically happen. (Drawing with perspective the legs of the chair are not all the same length). Quite amazing really, the drawing are far more accurate.
Two examples
drawing one: the chair (positive shape)
The child drew the positive shape then coloured around the negative shape

drawing two: the chair (negative shapes) This child drew the negative shape and coloured each segment as they drew.

The collaborative murals.
The hard work of putting colour on the murals has started. The groups had to decide if they were going to use crayon or pastels to colour. The next step was to decide on the colours to be used. The children have to look at the pictures they copied and colour in the artists style. Some progress was made, hopefully they should speed up as confidence builds. It is good for the children to realise that quality artwork takes time and effort and sometimes you get sick of doing it but perseverance has to prevail.