Year 2 were inspired by the artist Chanan Mazal. We began our art day with some observational drawings of pomegranates, the main fruit to appear in the artist’s work. We worked with willow charcoal and focused on making our drawings BIG. We were very pleased with how we each drew what we saw in a different way. Then, in the spirit of Tu B’Shevat we looked at a selection of other fruits we were donated and began drawing these as the centre of our work, using pastels end enjoying using our fingers to shade and get messy to create the look we wanted.
The next task was to select our materials for our surrounding mosaics and we spread glue and tore up little strips and pieces, although some used patterns from interesting materials and wallpapers. We chose a background palate so our fruit really stood out.
The children made a heroic team effort to tidy up after our messy activities, leaving our classroom tidy and the children satisfied, after a great day of creative expression and fun whilst also gaining confidence in our art skills. We are looking forward to our next art day.
