Sea Life

Students will be exposed to a variety of artforms, including drawing, painting, mixed media and collage, as they learn about the many species that inhabit our beautiful oceans through a diverse and enriching series of projects.

In the K-2 unit, students will explore a wide variety of media and techniques. In the Crab Collage project, students will use acrylic paint to create patterned papers, which they will assemble to create a vibrant, patterned crab collage. Students will learn how to paint and print onto paper and how to cut and assemble pieces to create a cute crab on a beach. In the Turtle Painting, students will combine drawing and painting with acrylics to create a beautiful work on canvas. They will use vibrant colours and will learn how to use layering to create patterns and textures to represent their turtle within its native habitat. In the Reef Fish project, students will learn how to draw realistic representations of a variety of tropical reef fish. They will then use oil pastels combined with edicol dye to highlight the vibrancy and contrast of the markings and patterns of these amazing tropical fish.

In the 3-4 unit of work, students will look at both realistic and more imaginative forms of representation. In the Octopus Drawing project, students will create a detailed drawing of an octopus, that combines realistic representation with an imaginative and exaggerated use of colour. They will use vibrant oil pastels to add colour to their initial drawing and finish this with a wash of edicol dye to really make the colours pop. In the Humpback Whale lesson plan, students will learn to create detailed, mixed media artworks using a combination of pen, water colour paint and paint pens. This project will teach students key techniques to develop their understanding of how to represent form and texture using traditional and non-traditional media.

In the 5-6 unit of work, students will learn sophisticated drawing and painting techniques as they create realistic representations using traditional and non-traditional media. In the Whaleshark project, students will learn about perspective and proportion as they create realistic, detailed artworks of these majestic sea creatures. They will learn traditional painting techniques using tempera paint to add texture and form to their work and will combine this with paint pen to add detail to their final artworks. In the Sea Dragon project, students will focus on detail and pattern as they use a combination of drawing and painting techniques to capture realistic representations of these delicate creatures. Students will learn how to layer and combine media to create beautiful, detailed illustrations.