Art Unit 4c QCA Journeys

Journeys, Unit 4c QCA, a painting project. I start by looking at traditional aboriginal art and symbolism. We looked and compared the work of Paul Klee and talked about whether art can be read like music and words. We then looked at ordinance survey maps and reading signs, we thought of shared and common signs compared to unique and personal signs. We made a series of sketches marking a familiar journey we take. The children then had various activities to portray their journeys in a variety of ways. I finished by looking at the modern aboriginal artist Emily Kngwarreye (ne-warry-eye). Younger children love her work because she became famous at 80 and spent her millions on cars! We took her two main styles, dotty and rainbow and applied her painting style to our own work. We added symbols in our work to reflect our journey. It is a fun project. Topics also available: still life.