Grade 3 has started their new unit entitled ‘Paint Me A Picture’. For the tension engagement the students chose a number and from this we decided the order the class would paint. They were simply instructed to work as a whole group to paint me a picture without any discussion amongst themselves. The students were each given three to five minutes to paint. The idea was that they would look at what the previous students painted and add to it to make a pleasing composition. However, they kept to their own space at first, but in the end they managed to tie it all together. Everyone was very creative in the way they approached the blank canvas and made use of the various tools that was provided. The painting is quite interesting and they are very happy with the result. They have titled the painting ‘The Magic Dream’.



Half way there! Everyone does their part!



'The Magic Dream' 80 x 80 cm-Acrylic on Canvas-The Grade 3 Class of 2012

 

Painting Shirts Required!!!



Students need to have a painting shirt for this unit as we will be working with acrylic paint a lot and it is difficult to remove if they get it on their clothes. If you have any old shirts we can use for this purpose, we would be very happy to have them! Thank you in advance for your support.

Students were asked to choose 3 colored rectangles of paper. They were directed to use pastels, markers, crayons, colored pencils or pencils to show how they see color, shape and spirit in art. Each piece of paper represented one of these three elements.  The students demonstrated great creativity and freely drew their representations of these elements.

Using Color to Create

Harmony and Tension

The students were asked to choose four colored squares. In groups of four, they were asked to arrange the colors to make a composition that shows harmony. They repeated this process a second time, this time creating tension in their composition. This led to much discussion and collaboration to reach the end result. Take a look and see if you feel harmony or tension in the artworks.

Tension:

A feeling of worry, nervousness, or suspense.

Harmony:

Agreement; a consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement of parts; congruity.