Chalk Pastel Barn Owls

I have to say I'm extremely impressed with results of this class, inspired by Mary Making Blog 

We drew our barn owls on brown paper bags, outlined them in black pencil/texta, added chalk pastel colouring, and then cut out and pasted the owls onto cardboard backgrounds to make them pop. 

Glowing Bugs

Inspired by the amazing bug art by Thurgood Marshall Elementary on Insta, we created glowing insect artworks on square wooden panels, with chalk pastels. 

                                  

Firstly, plain wood panels were painted in a layer of matte black acrylic paint the day before. 

After discussing the concept of symmetry and doing some test sketches on paper, students lightly drew their designs on the black paint surface. Then brightly coloured chalk pastels gave a neon light glow to the insects, making wonderful night scenes. We used our fingers to blend colours and add a gentle 'glow effect'.

Adding a little hairspray or fixative on completed pictures stops them from deteriorating too much. 

Mixed Media Cubist Masks

Materials:

Cardboard 

Boxcutter knife

PVA glue

Scissors

Oil Pastels

Chalk Pastels

Posca pens

Paintbrushes

For this class, I pre-cut the cardboard into random cubist-inspired face shapes, eyes, ear curves, triangles, circles, and squares. 

In the class we discussed Picasso's approach to depicting the face from different angles, and then had a go at arranging face details before gluing them in place with PVA and paintbrushes. As the glue dried, students added patches of colour on the face base and then on the facial features themselves, using oil/chalk pastels and Posca pens. 

The results are colourful and textured!

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!