Penguins Create Funny Faces!
The Penguins enjoyed making a little video for you, to show off their art today. We hope you enjoy it!
Pelican’s have Funny Faces
The Pelican’s have done some more observation work. They have drawn eachother pulling funny faces as a one line contour drawing. A really good exercise for the brain in concentration, self control and detail noticing. The pictures will eventually be an exercise in related colours. We have fun here!
IPAD PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
Last Friday we announced the winners for the iPad Photography Competition! In the end it was so hard to choose the winners that we asked the staff to vote on their top three photographs. This really helped us with the decision. These photographs are so beautiful that I just have to share them with you… Continue reading IPAD PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
Play Time with Stop-Motion
The grade 4’s are embarking on a mission to tell the world about water pollution through stop-motion with paint. This is all good and fun but many have never made a stop-motion before so today is about experimenting with the paint and stop-motion. Not only do they need art shirts but I really feel like… Continue reading Play Time with Stop-Motion
Pelicans find a winner!
The grade 5’s have just completed our gamified Ancient Egypt project. (Gamified means that their tasks count toward points for their teams.) I am so excited that it all worked out well! HERE is the link to our point sheet. We had to add an equalizer column to ensure fairness across the project as some… Continue reading Pelicans find a winner!
Pelican’s Giant Cartouche
A note from David D, a student in the Pelicans: "Hello everyone grade 5 pelicans are doing a Cartouche challenge and it is hotting up here in the art room. Students have have been spilt into groups of 4,5 and 3, they have had to do challenges that have been hard and brutal. They have… Continue reading Pelican’s Giant Cartouche
Eyes of South African Animals
The grade 6's have just completed there stop-motion project which was done on a very large background. It was a group project and thus fairly free and noisy. I wanted to take the grade 6's in the opposite direction again by giving them a project to do as individuals and in miniature. This focuses the… Continue reading Eyes of South African Animals
Egyption Games
The grade 5’s are painting forth for the winning points! Yes this project has been “gamefied”. Please feel free to see the whole project at …… These kids have researched Ancient Egypt facts, deciphered their art instructions, created a virtual cartouche and created a giant cartouche as a group. They were put into groups using… Continue reading Egyption Games
Stop-motion Continues
The Kestrels are busy in their third painting session. Some are close to finishing, some are finished and some are just starting.
Stop-Motion is Underway!
The Grade 6’s are now well on their way with this terms’ big project: Stop-motion Superheroes! (Or villains) The photos below show two classes working in two rooms, moving between them as they need to. They are painting their backgrounds or sets and creating their plasticine characters. One is even an octopus with a moustache.… Continue reading Stop-Motion is Underway!
Elkanah House Senior Primary Creative Arts 