I am officially on holidays! Yay for me and all other school teachers! So here is one unit of work that my year 9s have almost finished. I've done this unit with my year 9s over the last few years and I think it's really worthwhile because it covers ink drawing, water colour painting and still life ...
Learning how to mix paint colours
One of the most common questions when year 7s begin painting is, 'How do I make brown?!' And it's always in that really whinny voice too! So, I developed this exercise last year and the kids really loved it. I grabbed a whole heap of colour paint swatches from my local hardware store, cut them up ...