Remember the art session I promised to do for Shellys nursery, well it took place on Thursday.
32 kids sitting in a semi-circle (aaahhh!!) I began by getting their teacher to read the book 'My Many Coloured Days' by Dr. Seuss . Its a book about colours and how they describe our moods. We then discussed the different colours and what they represent - and i asked the children what colour they were feeling today. I was good to know that most of the girls felt pink and orange and the boys felt blue and multi-coloured!!
I mentioned about hearing how they learnt about Van Gogh and that I wanted to introduce them to an Israeli artist named Menashe Kadishman. (a personal fave).
I told them how he grew up on a kibbutz and worked as a shepard. We discussed what a shepard does and how everyday he spent hours with the sheep - that it was a big part of his life. And how he began painting them, that he painted thousands of sheep. We talked about the colours and how he would be affected by his mood. And we talked about the basic shape of his famous sheep portraits. I showed them how basically 3 triangles made up the head. And then I asked them to paint their own sheep portraits - taking into account their own mood and the colours they used.
Unfortunately i dont think they paint with gouache often enough and seemed enthusiastic to dip their fat brushes into the water and brightly coloured paints. It was great to watch them and there were some beautiful results..
Shelly was so happy and excited that we were there and so was I.
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so well done.
xo -steph
Sounds like a wonderful hour!! When I think back, my art-teachers ...all of them...have been the ones hat had the biggest influence to me.
Like Risa said:i wish i could have been there too!
What brilliant lesson planning! (Nice set induction!)Batty would be proud!I still have your Van Gogh lesson.Remember? Was actually talking about those Kadishman paintings the other day. Would you believe it? I read your blog often.
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I think I´m feeling orange & pink today too :)
such
a wonderful
process to
paint with
kids...
it's great
to hear
how you teach
them about
artists/art!
xo