Sunnyside Art House

Sunday, 26 April 2015

Easter Holiday Challenge Winners

1st Prize

Well I have to say this was my most successful Holiday challenge EVER! Wow did these kids produce amazing artwork or what! I was totally blown away with the creativity - they should all be winners.

Actually it was near impossible to decide on any winners - I just wanted to give every one of them a prize (if only my goodies stash was unlimited). After MUCH deliberating I'm happy to announce the following winners. If your name is not there, don't be disappointed - giving things a go is so important and I hope every child enjoyed the process of creating art for the challenge whether they won something or not. I certainly loved looking at all of it!

2nd Prize

If you need a reminder to what the challenge was click here. Briefly all they needed to do was create a piece of artwork that incorporated their chick (or a substitute chick if the original was lost, quite a few managed to hide in the house)...

I never imagined there were so many ways to build a nest - nests were made out of clay, finger knitting, wool, paper, string, paper mache, real eggs, leaves, rocks, pop sticks, paper and tins. There were chicks that were painted or drawn, made out of magazines, plasticine or wool. There were some of the most amazing chick houses that included beds, pillows, a toilet, tables, chairs, steps and windows. I just loved that so many used natural materials such as leaves, sticks, rocks and bark. What a creative bunch!

3rd Prize (one of 6 entries)

4th Prize

And the winners are...drum roll please.....

1st Prize - Hannah Howe
2nd Prize - Pela Malios
3rd Prize - Poppy Wood
4th Prize - Jemma Forstner
Highly Commended - Cailtyn, Sophie, Stella, Bec, Titouan, Abby, Chloe Walton, Ruby

Well done to all the winners. Certificates and prizes have been placed in their lockers.

Here are some photos of all that holiday creativity:

Highly Commended

HIghly Commended

Highly Commended

Cheers
Fiona

Thursday, 9 April 2015

Beautiful Holiday Workshop Art

Here's what we created today in my holiday workshops. I thought I might have been a little crazy in the head scheduling 3 workshops in one day yet amazingly it all went really well. It was so lovely seeing the kids create such wonderful art. They were all so enthusiastic it gave me such a thrill. I do love my job!

Check out what they produced!

Plasticine Pictures:

Oil pastel cows:

Oil pastel and wool lions:

Watercolour Flowers:

Watercolour Hearts:

Remember to keep creating over the holidays!

Cheers
Fiona

Thursday, 2 April 2015

Watercolour Easter Bunnies & Eggs

I just loved the Reindeer's we did at Christmas time so when I spied that ARTventurous had done an Easter Bunny version as well I knew I had found our perfect Easter artwork.

These are so cute!

1. Easter Bunnies & Eggs

What you need:

Liquid Watercolours
Oil Pastel - black
Brushes

How to:

Demonstrate how to draw a bunny as instructed on ARTventurous. I also did a little handout for the children. I don't like telling children they have to draw a certain way so my handouts are only there to follow if they wish. Some children choose to draw the whole bunny.
Draw the bunny with black oil pastel (or marker for older children)
Paint with watercolours (I encouraged at least two colours in the background)
Early Finishers also drew and painted a watercolour Easter Egg

The Results:

2. Painted Wooden Eggs

We also painted some wooden eggs this lesson. I love how these didn't break when the kids dropped them (and they did....). I think over 50% of my eggs were broken when I tried decorating boiled eggs last year. Another bonus - these ones last forever!