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Dec 28, 2011

Giraffe Portraits

 
A group of grade ones did these giraffes with me a few weeks back as part of their study of African animals. This lesson seems to be a popular one, based on the art work of U.S painter Jennifer Mercede. I have seen similar lessons at a few blogs including BlueMoon Palette, again the wonderful Georgetown Elementary Art Blog and MaryMaking (where I also go the idea for the borders). I had the children follow a simple step-by-step drawing process, similar to the cows I did with students of the same age. We used oil pastels and tempera paints to add colour and then printed a simple border using found objects like pieces of cardboard and blocks etc.

5 comments:

  1. Nice, Anne. Enjoy the switch-up of media and the border printing. My kiddos LOVE printmaking. Thx. for the shout-out too, you awesome lady!

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  2. Anne! Your blog and the art featured on it are NEW favorites for me and once I pass the link on to my fellow art teachers and our students I'm certain they will love your projects as well! I just read through the entire blog and made notes and anything I posted elsewhere has been linked back to your blog here! Your students obviously love what you are teaching them and from what I can tell you love what you are doing!

    Garsy - Fort Wayne Indiana

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    1. Thanks so much Garsy,

      That makes me happy! Thanks also for linking back and happy reading :)

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  3. Thanks Heather
    That'd be great but I'm not an American teacher I'm Australian! :)

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