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 ...
Painting magazine pictures
If you have the above items - being Art Clean and a paint brush or two, why not give this technique a go? I discovered it by accident really, after I was trying to do something else! Basically, dip your paint brush into the art clean (it's a natural solvent used to clean brushes etc) and paint ...
The Arbitrary Change of the Season
So, Summer is officially over and we are well into our 10th day of Autumn. The mornings are getting cooler but the days are still quite warm, as I found out today when I dressed rather inappropriately for work. Long sleeves and leggings, made for a rather uncomfortable day. Still no rain ...
Egg Painting
Nowhere near finished yet, but I just wanted to let you in on what I've been working on during my holidays. I started this about 3 days ago and I have no idea why I chose eggs, but I thought they'd be challenging to paint and well, yes.. they are! Smooth surfaces and ovular shapes are so difficult! ...
Nonno’s Paintings
Everytime I see my uncle, he tells me about all of my grandfather's paintings that he stored under his house, after he died. And everytime he tells me this, I ask him to show me some! So, he brought 3 of them to our New Year's day lunch. As a child I always thought Nonno's paintings were amazing! ...