Ripple paintings with real stones attached to paper

Grade 2 works inspired by the book ‘Each Kindness’ #EduSky #art

Thank you! This is Crayola watercolour paint

Hand drawn mosque designs on acetate

Gr. 3s have been designing mosque lanterns for our upcoming ‘Affirming Muslim Identities’ school event.
Ss drew designs on grid paper & then transferred them to acetate with sharpies. They will be lit with tea lights for the event 🌙✨
#EduSky #Ramadan #art

A variety of student artwork and the books that inspired them

Happy International Women’s Day! Celebrating all of the incredible women author/illustrators whose creativity & storytelling inspire so much of our work in the art room ✨
#Internationalwomensday #kidlit #EduSky

A brightly coloured abstract painting being created by several students at once

Beautiful collaborative mark-making in Kindergarten to brighten our day #EduSky #art #kindergarten

Colourful painted turtle shell artworks with book cover

Display of turtle paintings with watery background

Reading our new art room book ‘The Story of Turtle Island’
#EduSky #art

Brightly painted winter trees with snow and night sky backgrounds

Our winter trees in Kindergarten inspired by ‘After the Snowfall’
#EduSky #art

Brightly coloured painted papers made with paint sticks & dot markers

Beautiful saturated colour of our painted papers in Kindergarten, ready to be turned into winter trees inspired by ’After the Snowfall’
#EduSky #art

Orange cat sleeping with stretched out paws

❤️
#caturday #catsofbluesky #cats

Hand drawn snowflakes with bleeding tissue paper backgrounds in cool colours

❄️✨ #EduSky #art #arteducation

Hand drawn line sculptures made with fine tip pens inspired by Asawa’s wire sculptures

Our Ruth Asawa-inspired sculptures in progress #EduSky #art #ruthasawa

Oil pastel sunsets with interior window views

Our interior sunset views inspired by ‘A Day So Gray’
#EduSky #art #arted

Mixed media polar bears on colourful backgrounds

We made it! Wishing you some well-deserved rest ahead ❄️❤️
#EduSky #arteducation #artprojects

A variety of abstract paintings on paper rounds using watercolours

Grade 2 line exploration continues with our abstract watercolour compositions using curvilinear lines
#EduSky #art #abstract

Continuous line drawings using dry erase markers on whiteboards

Trying out some continuous line drawing in Gr. 1 inspired by the book ‘Follow the Line’…we didn’t lift our hands up for the entire drawing, tricky but fun!
#art #artclass #EduSky

Colourful multi-layered abstract maps, using colour, shape and line

We’ve been reading ‘My Street Remembers’ and creating abstract maps in Grade 2. Ss used sharpies & transparency sheets to trace sections of our Flemingdon Park map and then created abstract collages to go underneath #abstractart #EduSky

Painted poppy art display

…in progress 🌺
#EduSky

A sleeping orange cat on fluffy white bedding

💤❤️ sweet William dreams
#cats #catsofbluesky #catportrait

Tile artwork using sharpie & watercolour wet on wet technique

October is Islamic Heritage Month. Gr. 3s have been learning about Islamic Geometric Art & created some Moroccan tile inspired designs of their own #EduSky #art

Black pastel resist watercolours using a variety of lines

Pastel resist watercolours in Gr. 1 this week #EduSky

Every Child Matters display made of orange paper quilled hearts and oil pastel resist paintings

🧡
#nationaldayfortruthandreconciliation

Oil pastel resist orange heart paintings inspired by the book ‘With Our Orange Hearts’

🧡✨...reading Phyllis Webstad’s book this week
#EduSky #nationaldayfortruthandreconciliation

Colourful student self-portraits made with sharpie and bleeding tissue paper inspired by the book ‘I am Human’

Self-portraits in Gr. 2 this week ✨
#EduSky #arteducation

Colourful cube designs put together to create the illusion of depth

Generating personal symbols for our Thank You X inspired cube display
#EduSky

Mini name designs in hand decorated frames

Reading ‘That’s Not My Name!’ by @anooshasyed.com & discussing the importance of people saying our names correctly
Lesson comes from @antiracistarted.bsky.social
#EduSky

Thank you!!

Book covers of art inspired picture books

Some of my favourite art room read alouds for the 1st month of school…ones that help build community, celebrate identity, reinforce proper use of materials & embrace a growth mindset ✨📚🎨 #EduSky

Hand drawn Bristol board posters with different drawings material headings

Collaborative posters are ready (& kitten-approved 😹) This is a first week favourite, as students will compare drawing materials, practise moving around the art room & work together to fill up the posters #EduSky

Colourful portraits made with sharpies

Chalk print portraits

Self-portraits drawn inside mirror templates

Portraits made with bleeding tissue paper

So many amazing picture books to inspire self-portrait projects #EduSky

Symmetrical paper towel art in a variety of blue shades

Favourite backyard summer art…orizomegami (folded paper towel dipped in paint & ink) #EduSky #arteducation