Art
Miss Berndl's Fabulous Fours
Formal art sessions occur once a week, usually in the afternoon.
Students are expected to dress in clothing that can be washed and will not get in the way of the activities when messy art activities are done.
Students who are not focused or disregard behaviour expectations will be asked to complete art assignments at home. Students absent for art activities will also be expected to catch up.
ART ACTIVITIES
Some art activities for the year may include the following. For examples
of student work, click on the links.
 | Canada Collage |
| Colour Collage |
| Creative Crazies |
| Egg Art - inspired by Ukrainian egg designs - marker on eggs |
| File Folder Folk - file folders, tissue paper & mucilage |
| Gargoyle Portraits - pencil crayons on black & white photographs on bond paper |
| Gargoyle Sketch - primary pencils or conte crayons on cartridge paper |
| Grid Art - proportions, coordinates, enlargements |
| The Important Book |
| Junk Art Sculpture & Owners Manual |
| Lettering |
| Old Ontario Architecture Sketches - drawing pencils |
| Paper Mache Mask |
| Portraits (National Geographic Cover) - conte crayons or drawing pencils on cartridge paper |
| Psanky - geometric egg designs - marker on finger paint paper |
| Shoe Sculpture - old shoe, found materials, glue gun |
| Shoe Sketches - drawing what you see |
| Shoe Story - story board, illustration, creative writing, publishing |
| Symmetry |
| Ted Harrison style drawing - oil pastel |
| Tesselations - inspired by M.C.Escher - marker on finger paint paper |
| Toy Story - creative writing, story board, illustrations, publishing |
| Yearbook Cover Design |
Art Skills & Medium that are part of the FabFour Art Program (not in any particular order)
| lettering, bubble letters |
| creativity exercises - Creative Crazies |
| folding - crisp, neat fold, in half & thirds |
| making a collage from magazine photos |
| cutting & gluing |
| portrait & landscape orientation |
| making something from found objects - Shoe Sculpture, Junk Art Sculpture |
| reusing material |
| using a variety of paper - bond, newsprint, cartridge, tracing paper |
The FabFour Rogues Gallery ~ Photos taken throughout the year in various costumes & poses.
Additional Sources of Information
| McMichael Art Gallery |
| Art Gallery of Ontario |
Good Resources for Teachers & Interested Parents
| Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards ISBN 0-87477-513-2 |
| Drawing with Children by Mona Brookes ISBN 0-87477-396-2 |
Source: You're On Your Own, Snoopy by Charles M. Schulz