Spring: Pollinator Project: Lesson 7
Painting pollinators in mixed media
Painting pollinators in mixed media
Warm-up: 10-15 mins
- Introduce drawings and paintings by contemporary artists, with a focus on experimentation of line and texture:
- Nigel Peake
- Fuchsia Macaree
- Maurice Sendak: Where the wild things are
- Michael Craig Martin
- Tania Kovats
- Simryn Gill
- Ask students to discuss the details of the school’s various pollinator plants and flowers, focusing on colour and shape.
Introduction: 10 mins
- Encourage children to use oil pastels to add details and colour-blending to their painting.
Development: 40 mins
- Urge students to choose a selection of coloured tissues and papers to add to their painting.
- Ask them to cut and tear the papers and glue to their work, as in a collage.
Conclusion
- Invite children to share their experiences in combining various materials in their paintings.
- Introduce drawings and paintings by contemporary artists, with a focus on experimentation of line and texture:
- Nigel Peake
- Fuchsia Macaree
- Maurice Sendak: Where the wild things are
- Michael Craig Martin
- Tania Kovats
- Simryn Gill
- Ask students to discuss the details of the school’s various pollinator plants and flowers, focusing on colour and shape.
Introduction: 10 mins
- Encourage children to use oil pastels to add details and colour-blending to their painting.
Development: 40 mins
- Urge students to choose a selection of coloured tissues and papers to add to their painting.
- Ask them to cut and tear the papers and glue to their work, as in a collage.
Conclusion
- Invite children to share their experiences in combining various materials in their paintings.
