Call Me Bubbles

Using cups, lids and bottlecaps, we stamped circular designs with acrylic paint onto paper, making sure that the circles all overlapped. When they were dry we took 4-5 complimentary colours and filled in all the spaces to give it a kaleidoscope bubbly effect. Brilliant!

In the Jungle (the Mighty Jungle)

We started with acrylic paint and created the wild and brilliant manes of our lions. While it was drying we cut out the face and hand drew all the details. I wanted to see how well the children could draw a lion's head and I wasn't disappointed!!

Tlingit Art

Based on either the bear or raven designs from the Pacific Northwest Tlingit tribes in Canada, these collages were created using limited colours.

The age group for these artworks was 3 - 12 years old. 

Yes really.

Owl Collage

This was my personal favourite for the holidays. We started by tracing an owl template onto some newspaper and then going wild with Sharpies decorating it.

On the background we drew a moon and stars using white crayons and then washed over it with watercolours. I love the resistance effect the crayon gives. 

With either black ink and/or acrylic paint, the trees were added and then the owls glued onto the branches. 

Cactus Collage

This was the only project that didn't go according to plan. The idea was to wash the paper with water and then lay strips of coloured tissue paper over it so that the colours all ran together. Unfortunately only the red ran so we changed course and just glued the tissue down when it dried.

On a separate sheet of paper we painted green stripes in acrylic and, when dry, cut out cactus designs. 

The finished pieces were glued down with torn brown paper forming the sand dunes!

Spatter Space

Who doesn't like spatter painting? We started off drawing out our planets with a compass and then using watercolours, created our universe with a variety of wet and dry techniques.

While the planets dried, we grabbed some toothbrushes and spattered the stars and galaxies onto black paper. Some included shooting stars and one even featured the Milky Way!

Watercolour Seahorses

I think this freehand drawing of the seahorse was the most daunting for the class. 

They were all a bit apprehensive about getting the shape and detail right but the results speak for themselves! Painted using watercolours and finished with ink. Perfection!

Tall Birds

This was a quick, fun project using acrylic paint and then finishing off the details in ink.