Like Year 1JH and Year 1/2KC, Year 2NB have also been focusing on line and how it can be used to create textures and shape forms. They created animal portraits using toy animals for their inspiration and viewed some portraits created by Matisse. The students were challenged to explore how they could use oil pastels to create textures and to think about the shape of their animal's head and features and how they could draw these forms using contour lines.
We discussed the elements of a portrait and what they had in common. We agreed that the face, neck and shoulders were the most prominent, using the entire page. The background in some of the portraits was also important and directly connected with the subject.
Some of our animals are in the jungle or outdoors in the garden while others are at the farm with fences. We talked about our animals and how their fur, feathers and scales would feel in real life. Mrs Hiskens then asked us how can we show the texture of the fur, feathers or scales? She showed us how oil pastels could also be smudged and then set us with the challenge of using only oil pastels to create our portraits. You can view all our animal portraits in our flip book here http://snack.to/fup54mfn
Below is a sneak peek
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