Foundation

Foundation – Project One (Week 1): Drawing An Emoji

We are going to create our own emoji.

What you will need:

Materials:

- Grey Lead Pencil

- A4 paper.

- Black marker to trace around the head and draw the eyes and mouth.

- Cereal bowl for tracing

Let's start:

1. Discuss different feelings with your family.

2. What do we look like when we feel….(angry, sad, surprised).

3. Look in the mirror to see your different facial expressions for angry, sad, surprised and happy.

4. Discuss how your face (eyes, eyebrows, mouth) and body (shoulders, hands, legs) look like when we feel different emotions (‘emotions’ is the same as ‘feelings’).

5. Look at the Emojis for different feelings. Notice the eyes, eyebrows and mouth to show the different feelings.

What are they feeling?

Drawing an Emoji

1. Now, get a cereal bowl and trace around it to make a circle.

2. Using a grey lead pencil, draw a happy emoji on A4 paper (include eyes, eyebrows, mouth). Now trace over the grey lead with a black marker.

3. Now, colour in the emoji using a happy colour. Practise weighting the pencil to get different tones for colouring. Try to leave no white gaps and try to stay within the lines. No scribbling please.

4. Now, repeat steps 1- 3 for an unhappy and angry emoji.

Congratulations, you have finished your first project.

Project 2 (Week 2): Primary and Secondary Colours

In this project, the students will make their own rainbow using water colour. They will learn about colour theory. That is, primary colours and how to make secondary colours from primary colours.

Materials:

- Internet (to find a rainbow template)

- A4 paper.

- Water colour paints

- If you don't have watercolour paints, use red, blue, yellow food dye to make secondary colours.

- Coloured pencils (if you don't have watercolour paints or food dyes).

To start, please log onto this site:

1. Use this amazing site to see how primary colours are mixed and how to make secondary colours (click into Colour mixing). http://www.colorwithleo.com/art_colorwheel.php[NO1]

Please note, when you click into this site:

http://www.colorwithleo.com/art_colorwheel.php[NO1]. The site will automatically want to use Adobe Flash Player. Please allow Adobe Flash Player to work and not be blocked. Follow the images to the left to allow Adobe Flash Player to work. The last image are in 2 parts (please click on in order).

2. Using the colour mixing site (as above) look at primary colours (red, yellow and blue) and how to make secondary colours. We use the acronym ROYGBIV to remember them (ROYGBIV- Red and yellow make orange. Yellow and blue make green. Blue and Red make violet).

3. Use the site to make secondary colours from primary colours.

4. Now look up Rainbow templates on google and print it out. If you can't print, draw a rainbow template yourself. Look on the left.

5. Discuss colours of the rainbow (ROYGBIV) and make your own rainbow using watercolour paints. Only use primary colours (red, blue, yellow) to make secondary colours of the rainbow (Remember to use ROYGBIV- Red and yellow make orange. Yellow and blue make green. Blue and Red make violet).

6. If you don't have watercolour paints, use food dye (red, yellow, blue) to make secondary colors and paint the rainbow using food dye. If this is a but tricky, you can use pencils.

Congratulations! You have finished your project.

Project 3: drawing a flower (week 3-5)

Over the next 3 weeks, we are learning to how to draw flowers.

Materials

- Internet- Watch the youtube clip.

- Grey Lead Pencil

- White A4 paper.

- Coloured Pencils (No textas in case the watercolour or food dye makes the textas run!)

-A small circle to trace (this will represent the centre of the flower)

-Watercolour paint for the background or you can use food dye with added water.

What to do

Session 1 (Week 3)

Watch the youtube clip
Now we are going to draw but we must draw really slowly. Usually the slower you draw, the better your drawing!
TRY YOUR BEST and focus.
Using your grey lead pencil, trace around your circle.
Now draw 2 eyes and a smile inside the circle.
Now draw your petals around your circle. Try to make each petal the same size.
Draw the stem using to 2 lines (side by side). The lines on the stem can be curved (like the curve of a banana) or straight.
Finally, draw the 2 leaves at the bottom of your stem.
Once you are happy with your drawing, add colour (use coloured pencils).
Practice weighting the pencil to get different tones for colouring. Try to leave no white gaps and try to stay within the lines. No scribbling please.
Now, we are going to draw another flower, repeat steps 1- 9
Keep your drawing for next week.

Session 2 (Week 4)- You will need last week's flowers!

Watch the youtube clip
Now we are going to draw a different flower. Remember to draw really slowly. Usually the slower you draw, the better your drawing!
TRY YOUR BEST and focus.
Using your grey lead pencil, trace around your circle.
Now draw 2 eyes and a smile inside the circle.
Now draw your petals around your circle. Try to make each petal the same size.
Draw the stem using to 2 lines (side by side). The lines on the stem can be curved (like the curve of a banana) or straight.
Finally, draw the 2 leaves at the bottom of your stem.
Once you are happy with your drawing, add colour (use coloured pencils).
Practise weighting the pencil to get different tones for colouring. Try to leave no white gaps and try to stay within the lines. No scribbling please.
Now, we are going to draw another flower, repeat steps 1- 9
Keep your drawing for next week.

Session 3 (Week 5) You will need last week's flowers!

This week, we are going to paint (using watercolour) or use food dye (use a small of food dye to water) to make a background. Please ensure that the paint brush isn't overly wet. The students can use gloves to squeeze out the water so the watercolour or food dye don't run (if you don't have watercolour or food dye, you can use colour pencils).

First, draw a horizontal line at the bottom of your flowers to create the ground.
Draw the sun.
Paint the bottom section of the horizontal line-brown (for the soil) or green (for the grass). Either is fine.
Give yourself feedback on your artwork (What parts are you proud of and what parts could be improved?).
Give yourself feedforward (based on your feedback, how can you improve your artwork through refining it and/or adding more detail?)
After you have given yourself feedback and are happy with your drawing, paint blue for the sky or you could make a nice sunset background (using red and yellow and blending the colours to make an orange).
Congratulations, you have finished your project.

Project 4: Drawing animals with shapes (Week 6-7)

Over the next 3 weeks, we are learning to draw animals from shapes.

Materials

- Internet- Watch the youtube clip.

- Grey Lead Pencil.

- White A4 paper.

- Coloured Pencils.

- Eraser.

- Sharpener.

Session 1 (Week 6)

Watch the youtube clip
Now we are going to draw but we must draw really slowly. Usually the slower you draw, the better your drawing!
We're going to practice how to draw shapes. You may want to use a ruler

Think about:

How straight your lines are
The length of each line to make your shape look right
The proportions of each shape

Rewatch the youtube clip and pause for each drawing
Now draw each shape with a grey-lead pencil. When you are happy with your shape, go over with a black marker.

Focus and go slowly over your grey-lead.
The slower you go, the more accurate you will be.

Once you are happy with your drawing, add colour (use coloured pencils).
Colour your square, triangle and rectangle in primary colours. Colour all other shapes in secondary colours.
Practice weighting the pencil to get different tones for colouring. Try to leave no white gaps and try to stay within the lines. No scribbling please.

Session 2 (Week 7)

Watch the youtube clip and think about which animals you would like to draw.
Decide which animals you would like to draw.
We're going to practice how to draw animals with shapes. You will need a ruler for your shapes.

When drawing your shapes, remember to:

Ensure your lines are straight
Check the lengths of the lines and the proportions of each shape.

Rewatch the youtube clip and pause for each step.
Now draw each shape with a grey-lead pencil.
Give yourself feedback on your artwork (What parts are you proud of and what parts could be improved?).
Give yourself feedforward (based on your feedback, how can you improve your artwork through refining it and/or adding more detail?)
After you have given yourself feedback and you are happy with your drawing, add colour (use coloured pencils).
Practice weighting the pencil to get different tones for colouring. Try to leave no white gaps and try to stay within the lines.

Congratulations! You have finished your project!

Project 5: Dinosaur Craft (Week 8-9)

Session 1 (Week 8)

This week, we will be learning to make two dinosaurs out of everyday materials.

Materials

- Internet- Watch the youtube clip.

- Craft paper in different colours

- Cupcake liners in plain colours (or cut out similarly sized circles out of paper)

- Scissors and Glue

- Pencil and Colour Markers

Decide on the colours for your dinosaurs.
Draw the outlines of the head, tail, and feet on the craft paper.
Using the outlines, cut out the head, tail and feet shapes from the craft paper

Here are a few cutting tips:

-Roughly cut out the bulk of the paper away so later it doesn't get in the way when you are doing detailed cutting.

-Instead of turning your scissors when cutting around curves, try turning the paper instead.

-Take your time. Slow and steady.

-Sometimes little snips improves accuracy.

-I know it's challenging to cut accurately, but the more you practice the better you get!

For the body, fold one cupcake liner by half. Cut out spikes from the other liner. Alternatively, you may use coloured paper.

5. Stick the head, tail, legs, and spikes in the appropriate positions as shown in the picture. Ensure that the head, tail, and spikes are stuck inside the folded cupcake holder (or circle)

6. Draw an eye on the head.

7. Repeat steps 1-6 for your second dinosaur

8. Keep your dinosaurs for next week's activity.

Session 2 (Week 9)

This week, we are going to create a background/collage for your two dinosaurs.

Materials

- Paper for drawing (coloured paper optional)

- Cotton wool

- Scissors and Glue

- Pencil and Colour Markers

Watch the Youtube clip on how to draw a volcano
Now we are going to draw a volcano. Remember to draw really slowly. Usually the slower you draw, the better your drawing!
Rewatch the video and pause for each step of the drawing.
Once you are happy with your drawing, add colour (use coloured pencils). Use red, orange and yellow for the lava, different coloured browns for the volcano, grey for the smoke, and blue for the sky.
Stick your dinosaurs on.
Add some texture by using cotton wool for the clouds (drawn and cut out paper clouds).
Give yourself feedback on your artwork (What parts are you proud of and what parts could be improved?).
Give yourself feedforward (based on your feedback, how can you improve your artwork through refining it and/or adding more detail?) Remember, an artwork is never finished.