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This week we're sticking to a more 'realistic' theme (but that doesn't mean you have to do it in a realistic way...) but you can still let your imaginations FLY and your creativity SOAR as we tackle BIRDS in our...
Feathered Friends Challenge.
Birds are wonderful subjects to use in art as there are such a variety of species and they are so colourful. There are so many different ways you can create wonderful art work using them.
Can you remember the bird that Magritte often used in his art?
He often used a dove, as did Picasso. He used it as a sign of peace and hope.
These are 20th Century artists....let's go a little further back and out of Europe where we can discover some amazing art.
Thousands of years ago, the Native American people explained things through stories. For example they believed that electrical storms were created by the Thunderbird.
The Thunderbird was a mythical creature. They believed the beating of its wings caused thunder and stirred the wind while lightning came from its eyes. The Thunderbird brought rain and storms, which of course was good for their crops, so they held it in high regard often depicting it in their art.
From ancient rock paintings:
To carved totem poles:
To more modern versions of this important symbol:
A more contemporary Native American was the Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak. She created drawings, prints and sculptures that feature strong shapes and colours.
She used the figure of an owl over and over again in her pictures. Her most famous is Vigilant Owl
Viligilant means 'watchful'. Images from nature, often birds, are important symbols in Native American Inuit culture. She never planned her drawings. She just started by drwaing lines and watched where they ended up!
If these have inspired you, why not try something in a similar style. Quite a while ago we did our own versions in Year 3 and also made some 3D variations which were a little like this:
There are of course plenty of other 3D possibilities
Now let's fly away from North America down to South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia in the search of some tropical birds, which make fantastic feathery subjects for art.
Birds are quite simple shapes to draw, but you can really make them unique by deciding what to do after that!
Rose has already been inspired to draw her exotic colourful bird.
There are lots of different ways you could create your bird from oil pastels, as Rose did, to colouring pencils, paint, collage (natural or from scraps of paper) or as we've said 3D.
A few years ago in Year 1 we created close ups of toucans from a simple letter B.
Here are some more examples of colourful birds created in a variety of ways:
In Year 5 during our topic on India we looked at peacock feathers and how their shape influenced Indian patterns and symbols.
Birds have a strong outline so silhouette pictures are another great way of doing some bird art.
And for further inspiration...you might not want to go so far afield - aside from some tropical birds that you also find here (mainly in zoos) there are loads of British birds....including all the ones that your classes are named after, so you might want to try your hand at one of those.
If you want to find a good illustration of your class bird you can find it on this excellent RSPB resource:
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/
You could use that as a starting point, then adapt your artwork into any syle you want.
Finally, cartoon birds.
A great way to start drawing cartoon birds is just like we did with our letter B toucans. Just start with a letter or a simple shape, like these below:
We drew simple cartoon robins in Year 1 after Rose spotted Harry The MG Robin in the Wild Life area.
Once you draw a very simple cartoon bird you can easily build up your art work.
In Year 2 we created these Denise Fiedler style owls during our Nocturnal animals topic.
You might have noticed in the middle of the Harding Household collage a few weeks ago their were some birds - here is where the idea came from. This could be easily adapted into other feathery creations we're sure!
As always we're sure our MG Art Clubbers will be full of feathered friends ideas and look forward to seeing your artwork flying in!
Please send a photo of your finished artwork by Friday 19th June to
MGartclub@missiongrove.org.uk
Good Luck
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