James Rizzi-Inspired Birds

Our artworks this week were inspired by the American pop artist James Rizzi, who passed away in 2011. He was famous for his linear, childlike style, vibrant colours and zany imagery. His work was described by the critic Glenn O'Brien as a cross between Picasso and Hanna-Barbera, combined with an evocation of Native American friezes. Rizzi himself listed his idols as Paul Klee, Jean Dubuffet, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol and Bugs Bunny. Some students will start some humanised cityscapes next week.

Students took on this task with great enthusiasm and here are some of their tweety results backed and ready to be hung:

Lots to come...just a bit busy with reports...stayed tuned

On the cards...ask your kids, they should have done a

1. Horrible History Cover

2. Be working on shapes boards (lots of nets to cut out, score and glue)

3. David Rizzi-inspired artworks to be completed Friday morning

4. Terrible Transportation timelines (tonight's homework...synthesizing two pieces of  text) The cross-country
    students missed the intro on this lesson.

I am so excited by this I have decided to make my grandson, Archie, his own book of colourful birds as there aren't hat many colourful books out there for 4 month old bubs...and he loves them! Done seven pages so far and showed the kids to inspire them...maybe!

Courtyard Artwork

This activity was a combined measurement and art activity. Students had to work in teams and think carefully about scale to draw up animals with chalk. The pictures really brought home just how big some animals are compared to us. The world's biggest rodent was pretty scary. I took lots of photos of the kids in action and when time permits, there will be a display in the room.

Mr Bear got off to a good start.

I don't think this group anticipated just how big this elephant was going to be. One grade 6 boy who had just returned from Thailand, well he knew, especially after having taken a ride on one!

This group got off to a flying start...could it be a yeti?

No, it's a gorilla

Mr Bear is getting taller by the minute...

Don't mess with gorillas, they are pretty big.

Now, this is the world's biggest rodent, a capybara from South America. Mrs Coote has seen one in person.

                               After seeing the finished bear, we wouldn't mess with a bear either!

The 30 metre whale took up the whole length of the court and this group needed a medal, it was more than a mammoth of a task.

                                                    And as for the giraffe, well it was kinda tall!

The average human, well, height-wise anyway

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                                                         Another BIG challenge

                                                           Nelly the elephant!

This neck was too tall to place vertically in this blog...

Very attractive

Thinking Outside the Cage

Latest art activity involves students thinking outside the square, by thinking outside the cage. The activity helps students to develop their fine motor skills and they are only limited by their imagination. They are using pen knives and cutting mats to cut out a cage stencil and then develop the theme as they wish.  I took a plant in cage into the classroom as inspiration.

Liberate

Escape

Shark attack

Smash up derby

Going for gold

Old versus new