A variety of student artwork and the books that inspired them
Happy International Women’s Day! Celebrating all of the incredible women author/illustrators whose creativity & storytelling inspire so much of our work in the art room ✨
#Internationalwomensday #kidlit #EduSky
A brightly coloured abstract painting being created by several students at once
Beautiful collaborative mark-making in Kindergarten to brighten our day #EduSky #art #kindergarten
Colourful painted turtle shell artworks with book cover
Display of turtle paintings with watery background
Reading our new art room book ‘The Story of Turtle Island’
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Brightly painted winter trees with snow and night sky backgrounds
Our winter trees in Kindergarten inspired by ‘After the Snowfall’
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Brightly coloured painted papers made with paint sticks & dot markers
Beautiful saturated colour of our painted papers in Kindergarten, ready to be turned into winter trees inspired by ’After the Snowfall’
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Orange cat sleeping with stretched out paws
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#caturday #catsofbluesky #cats
Hand drawn snowflakes with bleeding tissue paper backgrounds in cool colours
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Hand drawn line sculptures made with fine tip pens inspired by Asawa’s wire sculptures
Our Ruth Asawa-inspired sculptures in progress #EduSky #art #ruthasawa
Oil pastel sunsets with interior window views
Our interior sunset views inspired by ‘A Day So Gray’
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Mixed media polar bears on colourful backgrounds
We made it! Wishing you some well-deserved rest ahead ❄️❤️
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A variety of abstract paintings on paper rounds using watercolours
Grade 2 line exploration continues with our abstract watercolour compositions using curvilinear lines
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Continuous line drawings using dry erase markers on whiteboards
Trying out some continuous line drawing in Gr. 1 inspired by the book ‘Follow the Line’…we didn’t lift our hands up for the entire drawing, tricky but fun!
#art #artclass #EduSky
Colourful multi-layered abstract maps, using colour, shape and line
We’ve been reading ‘My Street Remembers’ and creating abstract maps in Grade 2. Ss used sharpies & transparency sheets to trace sections of our Flemingdon Park map and then created abstract collages to go underneath #abstractart #EduSky
Painted poppy art display
…in progress 🌺
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A sleeping orange cat on fluffy white bedding
💤❤️ sweet William dreams
#cats #catsofbluesky #catportrait
Tile artwork using sharpie & watercolour wet on wet technique
October is Islamic Heritage Month. Gr. 3s have been learning about Islamic Geometric Art & created some Moroccan tile inspired designs of their own #EduSky #art
Black pastel resist watercolours using a variety of lines
Pastel resist watercolours in Gr. 1 this week #EduSky
Every Child Matters display made of orange paper quilled hearts and oil pastel resist paintings
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#nationaldayfortruthandreconciliation
Oil pastel resist orange heart paintings inspired by the book ‘With Our Orange Hearts’
🧡✨...reading Phyllis Webstad’s book this week
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Colourful student self-portraits made with sharpie and bleeding tissue paper inspired by the book ‘I am Human’
Self-portraits in Gr. 2 this week ✨
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Colourful cube designs put together to create the illusion of depth
Generating personal symbols for our Thank You X inspired cube display
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Mini name designs in hand decorated frames
Reading ‘That’s Not My Name!’ by @anooshasyed.com & discussing the importance of people saying our names correctly
Lesson comes from @antiracistarted.bsky.social
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Thank you!!
Book covers of art inspired picture books
Some of my favourite art room read alouds for the 1st month of school…ones that help build community, celebrate identity, reinforce proper use of materials & embrace a growth mindset ✨📚🎨 #EduSky
Hand drawn Bristol board posters with different drawings material headings
Collaborative posters are ready (& kitten-approved 😹) This is a first week favourite, as students will compare drawing materials, practise moving around the art room & work together to fill up the posters #EduSky
Colourful portraits made with sharpies
Chalk print portraits
Self-portraits drawn inside mirror templates
Portraits made with bleeding tissue paper
So many amazing picture books to inspire self-portrait projects #EduSky
Symmetrical paper towel art in a variety of blue shades
Favourite backyard summer art…orizomegami (folded paper towel dipped in paint & ink) #EduSky #arteducation
Mini watercolour paintings that follow specific prompts
July watercolour challenge, complete!
#watercolour #artprompts
A collection of photos of students working on various art projects
What a beautifully creative year it’s been with these artists...see you in September!
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Brightly coloured multi-scoop ice cream paintings
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