Painted Masks

We held a very fun and glittery mask workshop for kids at Katoomba Library these holidays! The class explored mask art and meanings from different cultures around the world, before designing and painting their own mask creations. 

Materials:

Plain paper mâché masks

Lead pencils

Acrylic paint and brushes

Sharpies and regular textas

Glitter

Diamontes (adhesive)

Googly eyes (adhesive)

Thin paper scraps for hair

Masking tape

We used Sharpies and textas for detail, acrylic paint for larger areas. To add glitter, students sprinkled glitter gently over wet paint. Diamontes and google eyes were stuck on when the surface was dry. Masking tape was used on the back of the mask to attach hair. 

Eric Carle Insect Collage

First class up for the Spring school holidays was Eric Carle Insect Collage. The class learned some interesting insect facts before using paper painted with various colours and textures (already dry) to create collages with ladybirds, dragonflies, butterflies, bees and more. Loving the results!

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Above: Jessie Hicks created a butterfly artwork featuring a poem.  

Painted Flowerpots

Presented with plain white flowerpots to decorate, the students from Springwood art class last Thursday were first asked to create a couple of drawn designs on paper before diving in with permanent markers. Luckily, lead pencil could also be used to outline the designs on the surface of the pots prior to using the markers. Here are several of the great pots in progress: 

Term 3 Art Class Schedule - Springwood

Art Class with Naomi 

Term 3 2017

For ages 5 -12 yrs

Week 1 – 20/7 NO CLASS

Week 2 – 27/7: Penguin Collage

Week 3 – 3/8: Paper Puppets

Week 4 – 10/8: Crazy Hair Drawings

Week 5 – 17/8: Dotty Sunflowers

Week 6 – 24/8: Paint a Flowerpot

Week 7 – 31/8: Cubism

Week 8 – 7/9: Koi Fish Watercolour Painting

Week 9 - 14/9: Space Shuttles

Week 10 - 21/9: Animal Zentangles

Springwood Library, Thursdays 

3:45pm – 4:45pm. 

$6 a child.

Winter Scene Snow Globes

Our first holiday class for kids aged 6 - 12 years these holidays was Snow Globes with a winter theme, held at Katoomba Library. We used Cleverpatch globes, which you can open to insert your artworks into. The designs were coloured in with bright markers in order to make images pop through all the glitter snow. Some of Winter designs chosen by students were: penguins, snowy landscapes, snowmen, dragons, bunnies and foxes.  

Below are just a few of the cool results!

Paper Crackle Effect

The images below are just a few of the works made yesterday by Springwood Art Class. To make these abstract drawings, we each scrunched up a piece of paper into a ball and then opened it up again. Next, students traced the scrunch lines in black marker to create a shattered look reminiscent of stained glass, and then coloured in each section. Every work comes out completely differently, which is wonderful! It took about an hour for most children to complete an artwork on A5-sized paper.   

Dinosaur Silhouettes

A chalk-pastel twist on this class, today we created soft pastel backgrounds and dinosaur silhouettes on black paper. We added details like volcanic craters, lava, smoke and fog to our landscapes. 

And some gorgeous prehistoric landscapes on their own:

As well as an approaching meteorite!

Drawing Alpacas

Today we practised drawing, focussing on South American alpacas. 

Did you know?

Alpaca fleece is smoother than silk, softer than cotton and water-resistant.

Alpacas come in 22 colours - such as white, fawn, red and grey. 

Alpacas can hum!

Want to learn about the differences between alpacas and llamas? Click here!




Have a look below to see the beautiful drawings that the class at Springwood made today.