Cloudscapes III

A third instalment of cloudscapes. Some students in this 5/6 composite really dove in with reckless abandon, which was great to see, and admittedly a little scary at times! I am really impressed with the subtlety of some of the colours a number of the students created.

And as you can see below they really do make for a great feature on a classroom wall.

Cloudscapes II

These graphic cloudscapes were created by a year 5 class within their first few days of school this year. They were embarking on a weather unit to begin their studies and these were a great way to quickly brighten up the bare walls of the room. You can view my inaugural cloudscape post here. 

The students painted these with regular acrylic paint after viewing a diverse selection of cloud photos including sunsets and sunrises, storm clouds and much more. I think there must have even been some aurora borealis in there judging by a few of the colours! Some students also added some subtle oil pastel the following day. I really enjoy the variety of responses from the students.

The three grids of nine artworks that I've used meant that the 28th student was left all alone... I hope they don't mind! To make up for it I've copied and rotated the photo of their cloud four times resulting in the symmetrical pillow-like cloud above.

Cloudscapes

I was (and am) really taken with these cloudscapes painted by a recent 5/6 class. My favourite thing about them, and probably my personal benchmark for a great art lesson, is that each students' art is completely unique. Every child chooses their colour, their lines, their shapes, and it becomes their own.

The class was in the thick of a weather unit and had been learning about the science of clouds all week. I made a brief photo slideshow of sky scenes with various cloud types, formations and colours. We viewed this and discussed the colours and light we could see, and how they might imitate these. Some sketched a few pencil guidelines first, others went straight for the paint. The next day a few students added some touches of oil pastel too.

The very bottom left is just a very close crop of someone's blue to complete the four way window which seems to be my default display mode. I've been posting mostly older students work of late, but I will endeavour to have some work by younger students to share next week. Yes, posting once a week is all I can manage — I'm in awe of how prolific some of my fellow bloggers are!