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| Humpback Whale Collage |
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| Ava C (Year 3) |
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| Ethan B (Year 2) |
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| Faith H (Year 1) |
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| Ivy Y (Year 1) |
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| James A (Year 6) |
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| James R-S (Year 5) |
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| Kanan P (Year 4) |
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| Maddy W (Year 4) |
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| Matilda B (Year 2) |
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| Mayah K (Year 5) |
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| Molly B (Prep) |
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| Sage B (Year 2) |
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| Lilly H (Year 4) |
It’s the end of winter here in sunny Queensland (Australia), and the humpback whales are on their annual migration north along the Queensland coastline. If you’re very lucky you can occasionally catch a far-off glimpse of what might possibly be a whale spout on the horizon from my balcony, but it’s a much better idea to hop on a whale-watching day cruise where the ‘friendlies’ will often come up close and personal. It’s truly quite a memorable experience!
I thought it was an appropriate time of the year to do a whale picture, so we looked at photographic examples before drawing a breaching humpback (guided lesson) which we then outlined with black marker and finished with black watercolor. We made a collage of torn painted paper for the background.
Of course some kids decided they’d rather do sharks (which are also common in our waters), octopuses and even mermaids – hey I’m happy they are so creative! Great job everyone!
I love Mayah K's picture. The whale looks like he is having a lovely time and is very happy. I like how the water has white frothy bits in it.
ReplyDeleteThese have such a nice movement to them,very nice.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful collage technique for the water!
ReplyDeleteYou are so lucky to have such wonderful inspiration in the nature where you live:)
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ReplyDeleteThe torn paper effect really stands out in the background
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I like the way that James has done the control tear and positioned his papers in the page and his feathering into the whales body. AlexanderK.
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I like how Faith has done her control tear overlapping and her feathering into the whales body. Alexander.K
ReplyDeleteI how Kanan has done the shape of the tail and the fins as it makes it looks real. I like how you can see a bit of white in the control tear because it looks like the foam of the waves. Juliana K.
ReplyDeleteI love this lesson. There is wonderful movement and the drawings are striking with the backgrounds. If it's alright with you, we might need to try these in landlocked Colorado!
ReplyDeleteWonderful Jill, I'm flattered!! I'd love it if you would send me a link so that I can see your results!
ReplyDeleteThis is a very inspiring lesson, which I'll have to try with my art classes. Your blog is very lovely, and I love to follow it.
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beautiful! I can't wait to try something out like this next year with my students!
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