Week beginning Monday 17 October

VALUE LAYER ART

The use of value in artworks creates form in black and white as well as coloured artworks. It shows how light or dark an object is and helps us understand the object. In this lesson you will create an abstract graphite artwork by working in layers with each layer becoming increasingly darker. This lesson will help you develop skills and understandings that will assist your drawing and painting. As you make this artwork you will use the elements of line, value, shape and space.

Week beginning Monday 24 October

HALLOWEEN SILHOUETTES

During this lesson you will create a colourful night sky background with smooth colour transitions. This will act as a backdrop to highlight a Halloween themed subject such as a bat, witch etc. You will work with the elements of colour, value and shape. 

Week beginning Monday 31 October 

INSECTS UNDER A MAGNIFYING GLASS

Use your imagination to draw and colour a garden scene to which you will add an insect of your choice viewed through a magnifying glass. This week you will outline with black Sharpie, colour with textas, then add water to make the colour look like paint to achieve a colourful artwork. The art elements that you will use include, line shape, colour, value and space.

Week beginning Monday 7 November

REMEMBRANCE DAY POPPIES

Poppies are associated with Remembrance Day. We will look at why we have Remembrance Day and will investigate why poppies are associated with it as well as what their different colours represent. You will use soft pastels to create a vibrant artwork applying elements of line, colour, shape, value and space.

Week beginning Monday 14 November

PETE CROMER STYLE ANIMALS

Australian artist Pete Cromer has a distinctive style of art available as originals, prints and on products. You will view his style and identify what makes it unique before applying this to your own artwork. This lesson will be an opportunity for you to work with the elements of line, shape, colour and value.

Week beginning Monday 21 November 

DESERT ART SCENES

Learn how by using simple shapes and just three values you can create stunning artworks. This lesson is inspired by @artisvista and will have you draw then paint a series of desert art scenes using a limited colour palette. You will learn about colour shades and tints as well as work with line, shape and colour.

Week beginning Monday 28 November 

COLOURFUL ABSTRACT

This session is adapted from Andrea Maria’s Middle school art lesson. Using coloured pencils, you will create a background of organic shapes leaving thin white spaces between the shapes. For the second stage you will draw an organic shaped net over the background and colour it black. During this lesson you will work with line, shape, colour and value.

Week beginning Monday 5 December 

NZ KORU INSPIRED DESIGNS—Tuesday class only

Learn what the Koru is and what it symbolises for Māori people. You will draw and cut out a template of a Koru and use it to create a radial Koru design that you will colour by applying colour theory. You will work with line, shape and colour elements for this lesson.

CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS—Friday class only

This will be this group’s final lesson for 2022. You will create at least one Christmas ornament that you can keep or gift. In this lesson you will work with the element of line, shape, form and colour.

Week beginning Monday 13 December 

CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS—Tuesday class

This will be this group’s final lesson for 2022. You will create at least one Christmas ornament that you can keep or gift. In this lesson you will work with the element of line, shape, form and colour.

Kids Art Zone reserves the right to offer alternative lessons to those published in the program. 

Black Forest Primary School is scheduled to renovate some of its facilities, including the art room. The start of works has already been delayed and a new start date is unknown. The school has indicated an alternative space will be made available for art classes to continue. This relocation may mean that some lessons may need to be modified or substitue lessons provided depending on the facilities available in the alternative space. Every effort will be made to ensure similar learning experiences to those that are planned. Thank you for your understanding.