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Papier Mache hats

Papier Mache hats

Posted on March 18th, 2010

Before I began this unit on hat making, I thought I might have bitten off more than I can chew.....

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Painting magazine pictures

Painting magazine pictures

Posted on March 4th, 2010

If you have the above items – being Art Clean and a paint brush or two, why not give this...

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Painting with Scissors

Painting with Scissors

Posted on March 1st, 2010

These paintings were inspired by Matisse and his ‘Painting with Scissors’ technique. The story goes that he would get his...

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Collagraph Printing

Collagraph Printing

Posted on February 17th, 2010

I wasn’t sure how these collagraph prints would turn out, but the results were super cool! We started by creating...

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Year 9 figurative sculpture

Year 9 figurative sculpture

Posted on November 19th, 2009

Here a few of the finished figures my year 9 Art class started a few weeks ago. I don’t know...

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Little Paverpol sculptures

Little Paverpol sculptures

Posted on November 5th, 2009

One of my favourite classes this year has been my year 9 art class. They are such a lovely bunch...

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Lino prints with Year 9 and my copper ring!

Lino prints with Year 9 and my copper ring!

Posted on October 23rd, 2009

It’s funny how some groups of kids work through a task so quickly and some take forever! This group of...

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Learning how to mix paint colours

Learning how to mix paint colours

Posted on August 25th, 2009

One of the most common questions when year 7s begin painting is, ‘How do I make brown?!‘ And it’s always...

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Mosaic Animal Sculptures

Mosaic Animal Sculptures

Posted on August 19th, 2009

These have taken us ALL term to create, but they are soooo cute that they are worth it! Not everyone...

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How to set up a wiki

How to set up a wiki

Posted on August 16th, 2009

I wish I’d thought to do this earlier in the year but better late than never I suppose. Yesterday I...

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Mixed Up Portraits

Mixed Up Portraits

Posted on August 4th, 2009

I had the day off work with a cold yesterday and was back at work today. With my voice barely...

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Newspaper Portraits

Newspaper Portraits

Posted on July 24th, 2009

In continuing with our theme of Portraiture, here is my year 9 class’ latest installment. It’s very unlike me, but...

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Paper Portraits

Paper Portraits

Posted on July 17th, 2009

 My year 9s and I are looking at Portraiture this semester. I only wanted this little project to go for one lesson...

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Paper Mosaics

Paper Mosaics

Posted on June 9th, 2009

They are finally finished! I started a class Mosaic project with my Year 7 class a few weeks ago and...

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How to make fridge magnets out of clay!

How to make fridge magnets out of clay!

Posted on June 3rd, 2009

Art club today! Making fridge magnets was our theme! I can’t get enough of using the Jovi Patcolor modelling clay....

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