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BE AN ABSTRACT ARTIST LIKE WASSILY KANDINSKY

Date: June 25th 2023

Lesson by: Annette Klockenbusch

Today we create an abstract piece of art like the famous artist Wassily Kandinsky, all kids contribute to ONE FINAL piece of art, play piano music while painting

You will need: cardboard , scissors, colors (felt pen, water color, any pen/type of colors can be used), a big white board/piece of paper to assemble all as a collage afterward, glue, ruler

Intro:

What did you learn from the above videos?

Steps:

1. see famous abstract art from Wassily Kandinsky as examples of inspiration
2. All kids are to work on ONE final piece of art, however, each kid will contribute a few painted triangles/squares/circles to the overall collage
3. All kids to plan the general layout and design with sketches together, each kid will contribute ideas and a final design to be decided together and then executed
4. each kid then contributes 3 shapes of various sizes with different designs, patterns, and colors of choice (all 3 to be different)
5. Later all kids will assemble the final abstract art together on the prepared board, based on the initial plan, then add in lines for the final composition, get inspired by the famous artist 6. listen to piano music during class and be inspired (like Kandinsky)while coloring/designing your different shapes

Here’s some art by Wasily Kandinsky:

Here’s some abstract art done by Sri Lankan artists:

Draw in a worms eye view

Date: July 23

Intro: Today we will learn to draw with a different perspective.. the one of a worm!

Step 1: Go outside to and lie down face up and look up at what you see. If a worm dug out of the earth, wouldn't that be how they see the world?

Step 2: Look at the inspiration photos for photos taken from a worms eye view.

Step 3: Select a view you want to draw and draw it on paper

Step 4: optional: you can add other objects into your drawing (a treehouse in a tree? a kite in the sky? a bird or bee flying above, a plane?)

Here’s some inspiration:

Think further: Has this perspective made you think differently about how you see ordinary things? How?

Draw the Future

Date: 18th June 2023

Can you make some drawings that imagine life in 50 years? how old will you be?

Here some French artists made in 1899 that predicted what the year 2000 would look like. How much came true?

Here is also a video of Arthur C Clarke predicting the future.

In 1964, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, the futurist and sci-fi writer best known for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, peered into the future, to the year 2000, and described what he saw. And a pretty good guess it was. Ours would be a world in which…

We could be in instant contact with each other, wherever we may be, where we can contact our friends anywhere on earth, even if we don’t know their actual physical location. It will be possible in that age, perhaps only 50 years from now, for a man to conduct his business from Tahiti or Bali just as well as he could from London…. Almost any executive skill, any administrative skill, even any physical skill, could be made independent of distance. I am perfectly serious when I suggest that one day we may have brain surgeons in Edinburgh operating on patients in New Zealand.

would you give him a 10/10 for prediction?

1. Take a scrap peice of paper and write 6 words that you think represent the future
2. Go around the table and discuss. Will things you like about the present change? Will the things you don't like become better? Feel free to imagine ANY kind of future.
3. Get a sheet of paper and illustrate these words in a collage or poster.

Let’s make a Dreamcatcher

Date: 11th June 2023

Lesson by: Annette

What is a dream catcher and where does it originate from? (wikipedia):

In some Native American and First Nations cultures, a dreamcatcher (Ojibwe: asabikeshiinh, the inanimate form of the word for 'spider')[1] is a handmade willow hoop, on which is woven a net or web. It may also be decorated with sacred items such as certain feathers or beads. Traditionally, dreamcatchers are hung over a cradle or bed as protection.[2] It originates in Anishinaabe culture as "the spider web charm" – asubakacin 'net-like' (White Earth Nation); bwaajige ngwaagan 'dream snare' (Curve Lake First Nation)[3] – a hoop with woven string or sinew meant to replicate a spider's web, used as a protective charm for infants.[2]

1.create a hoop (paper or metal wire) - come up with design ideas for the dream catcher,

2. wrap the hoop with yarn that the wire/paper is nicely covered

3.decide a weaving pattern for the inside web of the dream catcher ring,

4. decide colors you prefer

5.start weaving inside the ring, refer to the DIY YT video

6. add the beads/feathers/mussels of the dream catcher along the bottom of ring, between 6 to 8 as per the oroginal dream catcher

7. add in some beads/mussels/pearls inside web as you like, ideas are unlimited

8. very young kids could use only paper to create a dream catcher as per below photo (paper cut feathers, cardboard for hoop, paper strips for web, paper flowers for deco of hoop)

Here’s some inspiration:

Further discussion:

Amulets in Sri Lanka: Are they also similar to dreamcatchers?

Let’s Make some Fingerprint Art!

Here’s some ideas for what kind of art you can make with your fingers. What art will you make?

Stop Motion Animation

Slides courtesy of Irushi Tennekoon

Lesson conducted by Suren Surendran

Inspiration

Paper Avurudu Kumaraya's and Kumari's

Guest teacher: Annette

Materials: Newspaper, Scissors, tape, colored paper (optional)

Can you design a royal wardrobe with newspaper?

1. Pair into teams of two

2. Use the following images to practice folding methods.

3. try it out on your partner!

4. Add color and decorate.

Draw a Comic Strip

Today we are going to illustrate a story via comic strip.

1. What is the story you want to tell? Who are your main characters? You can use your sea creatures from the last class as your characters if you like. write your ideas down.
2. Using a pencil, daw a rough sketch of your story in little boxes. See below for tips and templates.
3. Color your comic strip! Share it with a friend and ask for feedback.

Here’s some inspiration:

Here’s some templates to help you draw your own comic strip:

Experiment with different faces and expressions like this:

Build a Coral Reef with The Pearl Protectors

Today are going to learn about and build a special Marine habitat - a coral reef - for the sea creatures we made in the last lesson.

You will need: Cardboard, paper, scraps, wire, string, glue, paint, sand

1. First we will build a frame, much like a fish tank or aquarium to fit our coral reef into. You can uses cardboard or get an adults help to make a wood one.
2. Look at pictures of coral reefs and seagrass for inspiration. Also look at Manmade coral reefs and why they exist!
3. Build your coral reef and use string to hang your sea life in the appropriate location.

Here’s some pictures of coral reefs and Seagrass habitats:

Here’s some inspiration artwork:

Make Paper Sea-Life with The Pearl Protectors

Today we will learn about and make these 6 marine species:

1. A short introduction on each of these species will be provided by the Pearl Protectors.
2. Write all the names of these species on little chits of paper and put into a bowl. Ask each student to pick one.
3. Ask them to make a rough drawing of the marine creature on a rough peice of paper
4. Start making the outline of your sea animal with paper or cardboard. then cover it with paper mache, or scraps in the art class. size wise, it can be small enough to fit into the palm of your hand. See link on how to make paper mache!c
5. after it is dry (might have to wait for next lesson if there is no time) decorate, finish and paint your sea animal.

Video on how to make Paper Mache Sea creatures:

Other examples:

Meditative Art with Art Kayamai

at todays Art healing workshop, we will learn to express ourselves and appreciate the present.

1. We are going to close our eyes and breathe, while breathing we are going to draw circles on a piece of paper having are eyes closed.

2. Now we are going to draw three things we are grateful for.

3. Now we are going to pick one of them and draw an artwork with you as the main character.

4. We finish the class by saying thank you for being present.

Here are some examples from previous sessions:

Art Class Exhibition Preparation

Here’s a list of all the wonderful things you’ve done this year. We will be spending the next few weeks preparing them for display! Think of fun, interactive ways to display them for your exhibition.

For past exhibition photos, see below:

Week 1 - Dec 04 2022

Week 2: Dec 11 2022

Week 3: Dec 18 2022

Week 4: Jan 7 & 8 2023

Week 5 - Jan 14 & 15 2023

Week 6 - Jan 21 2023 LAST DAY!!

Add all the finishing touches to make your exhibition come together!

Jan 22 - Exhibition day!

Art Class Exhibition (past exhibitions)

Take a look at the past exhibitions that have happened at the art class. How will yours be different and better?

How will the visitor enter your exhibition?

What will they see as they climb up the stairs?

How will you lead visitors to the greenhouse?

How will you fill the space with art?

How will you use the walls, and the middle of the floor?

What can you hang?

2020 Exhibition

2019 Exhibition

2015 Exhibition

2014 Exhibition

Origami Art with Shazad

The objective of the workshop is to teach children the potential of paper-folding.

From small creatures to decoration, to objects that can be used, and even toys, the art of paper-folding can transform a simple piece of paper into many objects. The children will learn basic folds and the importance of the precision of these folds. Origami in a cognitive development sense helps develop hand-eye coordination,motor skills and mental concentration. It also has a therapeutic use helping those who do it to relax and find patience through concentration. All these I believe will be very beneficial for children at a young age. Emotional satisfaction is also a byproduct of seeing a piece of paper transform into something else entirely new purely through the effort put in by them.

Things that will be made:

Origami waterbomb/balloon – which will be used as a lantern

Origami crane – along with the origin story of the crane and the tale surrounding it.

Origami butterfly - If something simpler is required

Origami box – To teach a practical and useable side of origami

Origami transforming star – A playful aspect to origami

Additional things if there is time:

Displaying Your art work

Today we will focus on just two works of art that you have made and think of grand ways to display it at your exhibition. These are the two we will focus on:

Here are some Exhibition display ideas, but feel free to come up with your own :)

Create Biomimicry Art!

Here's some inspiration

Build a real-life greenhouse and garden

…and grow your own vegetables!

For the next 4 sessions, we are going to be working on building a greenhouse that can also be a aplayhouse. After this is complete, we will nurture our plants until we harvest our garden!

Day 1

Design your Greenhouse. In your process, answer these questions.

How big will it be? Measure in feet and inches.

Where will you build it?

What will it look like?

Take some sticks to a suitable place in the garden and mark it out.

Day 2

Start building the foundation, and begin assembling materials for the roof. Learn to weave coconut leaves!

Day 3

If the posts and roof are completed, start building the walls, doors and windows to your Greenhouse.

Day 4

Gardening day! Make a plan on how you will, as a team, care for your plants.

Cardboard Chair Challenge

Today we are going to build a real chair or stool using only cardboard. Here is an example of a chair made by stacking and gluing cardboard cutouts:

Inspiration images

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Design a Miniature Chair

Today we are going to design a Miniature chair, that functions as an object to sit on as well as is a beautiful, curious object. Look at some of the chairs below: What do they remind you of? A Spider? An egg? A skeleton? What are your favorites? Why?

Draw

Use the following template to draw different types of chairs. Explain: why does it look like the way it is? What is it for?

Make!

Use your ruler to draw out the template below. Cut it out and paste the tabs to form a chair. (Teacher tip: If you can't print this, draw it on the white board and mark measurements)

Decorate and modify to create your unique chair design. Make a small figure that is sitting on it.

Try another construction method and make as many chairs as you like!

Design a dream urban Garden

Can you design a Garden under the newspaper dome you already built! Use cardboard, paper, sand paint and scraps.

What is the Purpose of a Greenhouse?

Greenhouses serve as a shield between nature and what you are growing, and thus allow growing seasons to be extended as well as possibly improved. They provide shelter from excess cold or heat as well as pests.

Images for garden Inspiration:

What will you add to your garden?

Will you add bridges and treehouses?

Will you add ponds, waterfalls and vertical gardens?

Your Garden can have play frames, slides and color!

This is how a Garden model could look like.

Build a big Geodesic Dome

A geodesic dome is a hemispherical thin-shell structure (lattice-shell) based on a geodesic polyhedron. The triangular elements of the dome are very rigid and strong, and make geodesic domes able to withstand very heavy loads for their size.Today we are going to make one and later combine all our domes to make a large greenhouse. (see below)

Images for Inspiration