rain

Our y2's are learning about 'weather' so today we looked at several artworks. We discussed a japanese print, a Van Gogh drawing, a constable oil study and a contemporary work by Alexander Millar. From these we then had a go at drawing our own comparative pictures - one showing a fine , sunny day and one showing a miserable, grey, rainy day.

Inspired by the Millar painting ("singin' in the rain") I managed a quick doodle.

doodle

As a follow-up to the ballerina automaton post from yesterday here's a quick doodle in a similar vein.

'bot

Heard an old Queen song last week and have had this doodle rattling around in my head ever since.

doodles

Some 'bot doodles from today. They were originally done on scraps of paper which I then stuck into my sketchbook. The first one is in honour of the Mexican keeper who apparently played a blinder in the game against Brazil.

 

In this one I played around with the same pose to create two different pics.

hot

Even robots need to cool off in this weather!

 

leaves & doodles

Y1 have been adding to our 'magical forest' by weaving leaves. These are then being threaded with wire before being wrapped onto the branches with yarn - a laborious process but its all slowly beginning to take shape.

 

 

 

Meanwhile, a few doodles from my sketchbook. Must've been listening to some Sinatra tracks in my head whilst drawing them!

 

 

 

toys

Thank goodness the school computer knows what its doing! Today in y1 ( 5/6 yr olds) we drew toys using simple shapes - squares, rectangles, circles, semi-circles, triangles and ovals. 

 

We also sketched toy vehicles, including motorbikes! I don't think this is too bad for a 5 yr old!

 

A traffic jam!

 



 'Thomas';

In the afternoon we made 3d versions of our vehicles so that they could be played with. We used words like 'chassis' and 'axle' to help understand the component parts. The body was formed from a folded piece of card, detailed on both sides.

This underside shot shows the simple construction.

we have lift off

 

A5, ink & pencil on paper.

 

 

My colleague is back at work, albeit on a phased return to work, but the day when I can get back to just teaching Art (with a bit of Design Tech thrown in) draws ever nearer! Yay!!

footy

A post dominated by footy today - in honour of Rotherham's victory over Bradford in the 1st round of the FA cup. First up, today's doodle;

 

Secondly, a couple of just finished paintings that I'm about to list in my Folksy shop;

 

Please check out the 'shop' for further details.

UPDATE - for some reason Folksy keeps uploading my images sideways on!! Until I can sort it out, if you're desperate to grab that perfect xmas pressie for the footy fan in your life, you can email me. I'm charging £20 ( for an original painting remember). Oh, and world-wide p&p is free!

wistful

 

'fly me to the moon'

 

 

A5, ink & pencil on paper.

today

 

'balloon 'bot'

 

A5, ink & pencil on paper.

wednesdoodle

'bot 'n doll

 

 

A5, ink & pencil on paper.

back

Back to school today after the half term break. There may be light on the horizon - I might be going back to doing my art 'job' soon as my injured colleague appears to well on the mend! Fingers and everything else crossed. Todays doodle;

 

'birdie 'bot'

 

 

 

A5, ink & pencil on paper.

elephants & basketball

 A pic of this years completed embroidered and appliqued Indian elephant pieces. Each square is approx. 20x20 cm. Felt with added beads, buttons and metal washers.

 

 

 

And 'basketball 'bot' ;

 

A5, ink & pencil on paper.

wednesdoodle

 

'barca 'bot'

 

A5, ink & pencil on paper.

strictly

'ballroom 'bot'  

 

 

 

 

A5, ink & pencil on paper.

on a roll

'blading 'bot'

 

 

A5, ink & pencil on paper.

sunday dood'

'mirror, mirror...'

 

 

A5, ink & pencil on paper

itsy bitsy...

...teeny, weeny, yellow, polka dot bikini.

 

'bashful bikini 'bot'

 

 

A5, ink & pencil on paper

pollack & doodle

In art club this week we embellished our strip woven pieces by adding woollen threads and card 'buttons'. They turned out quite 'Jackson Pollacky' !

 

 

Today's doodle - 'bowling 'bot', A5, ink & pencil on paper.