Autumn Term 2007

 

RECEPTION

YEAR 1

YEAR 2

TOPICS

- Painting pictures of ourselves
Learning about how mix powder paints.
Colour mixing, colour exploration and development of skills in collage, painting, drawing and printing.

- Underwater pictures- Looking at a range of artists underwater pictures- creatures and seascapes.
Mixing watery colours to paint own underwater pictures.
Making Rainbow Fish.

- Exploring Tone- Changing by adding black or white. Mixing paints to make various tones.
Exploring artists seaside pictures and using viewfinders to replicate parts of pictures.
Painting/ Sketching own seaside landscapes.

IDEAS AT

HOME

Drawing pictures of themselves and their families- do you all have the same coloured hair/ eyes?

 

 

Look at picture postcards or photos of places you visited over the holidays and paint/ draw pictures using matching colours.

 

 

USEFUL

WEBSITES

www.artistshelpingchildren.org/
maskscostumesartscraftsideaskids.html

-lots of ideas on how to make different masks exploring different artistic techniques. (plus loads more arty activities that you can try at home!)