Examining our photographs carefully

Our third session began earlier in the week, when Ruby sent us on our photographs that she had developed.  We sorted through the photographs and each child had a range of photos from their own personal collection.  There was a huge range of photos from around the area with many stories and tales about why the children had chosen to taken a photo of that specific item/area.

Session 3 was hugely successful as we had an opportunity to use both Skype & the collaborate software, simultaneously.  This allowed Ruby to instantly “post” us a range of images and photos to consolidate our previous discussions about colour, light, shadows, lines, angles, collage etc. based on our own photos.  The children picked one photo each and used this as a focal point for the session.  The children examined their photographs carefully focusing on various aspects of the image and used this as a building block to create an drawing.  With the guidance and assistance of Ruby the children questioned and discussed their ideas and were then able to begin creating their own drawing using a variety of materials.  A major focus during the session was the idea of texture and the children used a variety of materials to help create texture in their picture.  These materials included wool, lollipop sticks, felt, various colours, crepe paper, cotton wool, card and much more.

We will continue working on our drawings in the next session focusing a various elements of the arts curriculum throughout.  Again, a very successful session that allowed the children to express themselves using a variety of art forms and skills.