Inside: First graders paint like Ted Harrison.
Are you familiar with Ted Harrison’s art?
This very talented gentleman was born in England. He moved to Yukon, Canada and lived there from 1967 until 1993, at which time he relocated to our beautiful city of Victoria, B.C.
He is an artist, retired teacher (he taught for 30 years!), illustrator and author. He was even made a Member of the Order of Canada AND the Order of British Columbia, for his outstanding contributions to Canadian culture.
He’s one of my favourite artists and we have several prints of his in our house.
On Friday, my TOC (Teacher On Call, aka substitute teacher) had my class do some paintings in a Ted Harrison style. They are absolutely stunning!! I’m so happy with them. Have a look:
Aren’t they gorgeous?
DIRECTIONS:
1.View and discuss Ted Harrison’s art.
2. Talk about the bright colours, the sky, the mountains, the buildings, and the wavy lines.
3. Model how to draw a collection of buildings on the board.
4. Give the kids 11×14 white paper and have them begin by drawing their own buildings.
5. Use pencil to draw the background lines and possibly sun.
6. Use tempera paints.
7. When dry, dip your finger in white paint add the snowflakes.
8. When that’s dry, outline all the shapes with a black Sharpie.
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Awesome!JenniferFirst Grade Blue SKies
Wow, I love them!First in Maine
Thanks!
Me too! I just think they're amazing.
WOW!!! They are AMAZING!!! Such talented little ones you have!JenRunde's Room
That is really incredible work! Hooray for \”the other girl\” who orchestrated it! She's a keeper!DeeFirst Impressions
Those are fantastic!! I did some with my fourth graders last year, but they aren't as colourful as those! You have some talented firsties there ;)AmandaFirst Grade Garden
The \”other girl\” is my now-retired \”best grade 1 teaching buddy\”!
Thanks, Jena and Amanda 🙂
WOW! Your students are really talented! Their pictures are awesome!-MeganFirst Grade Magic
Hi Barbara,I just passed the Favorite Follower Award on back to you! Yes, you are a favorite follower of mine. Thanks for your cheery comments and support.DeeFirst Impressions
Great post I NEED to do this – I am your newest follower and i've tagged you in a game. Come on over to check it out! YOUR IT!Kaleigh's Klassroom
wow- what a great TOC! The last one I had was an old guy who did absolutely nothing with the kids- did not even do anything on my dayplan.Anyway! the paintings are beautiful!
I know! Bev's AMAZING!!! She used to teach Grade 1 and I'm the only person she subs for. How incredibly lucky am I??
oh wow! those are so cool! I just found you and am now following!RachelMs. Rachel’s Room
Just stumbled onto your blog…Very cute. I love the artwork you posted! I am now following your blog! Hopefully you'll stop by mine as well (-:I am new to blogging and I have become completely bonkers over it. I love how this social networking connects me with great people from all over the world! MichelleThe 3AM Teacherhttp://the3amteacher.blogspot.com/
So pretty! What great work!Loryfunforfirst.blogspot.com
Love, love, love this!
1. these are stunning. completely. 2. do you live in BC? I live near Chicago, but I am obsessed with BC (yes, I ski but it is also the people the food, and so on)- Lisaa teachers bag of tricks
aw – those are SUPER cute!!!♥ Jen The Teachers' Cauldron
I hope you don't mind. I posted a link to this post on my blog for art sub lessons. Was your sub a trained art teacher? These are amazing! janhttp://artsublessons.blogspot.com/2014/01/ted-harrison-paintings.html
I don't mind at all:) No, we all do our own art lessons. I teach in BC, Canada and I've never had an art specialist.