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| TL's charcoal drawing |
In January
this year, we discovered that our garden snail Little Sean seemed to have
disappeared, leaving behind brown water inside the shell. This was the starting
point for an inquiry into snails and what happened to Little Sean.
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| E observing our snails |
After a long
process of investigation, the children concluded that Little Sean might have
gone to Snail Heaven. They imagined and
discussed what Snail Heaven might look like with water slides, swings, boats,
wind, grass, beds with pillows and lots and lots of carrots.
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| Designing Snail Heaven |
Inspired by
artist Alfred Basha, we wanted to work on creating a Dream House for Little
Sean in heaven.
Visual
Artist Jackon Kang came into the atelier to help us out and showed the children
his idea of Little Sean’s Dream House.
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| Jackson's Demo Drawing |
Jackson did
a demo drawing for the children and introduced them to fine line pens, brush
pens and charcoal. He showed them the different qualities of lines that could
be produced with these pens. The children then had a chance to explore with the
pens he brought in.
The children
were invited to use (familiar) sharpies and Jackson’s pens to create Little
Sean’s Dream House.
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| W did her drawing with a fine line pen then used a brush pen to create alternate thick lines |
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| O was so motivated to work on this piece after watching the demo |
A few
children in our group aspire to be artists when they ‘grow up’ and the
opportunity to have a working artist in the atelier with us was very exciting
for them. It was wonderful to watch the children at work. Everyone seemed to
try hard and there was a sense of care taken while they were using Jackson’s
pens. They explored the techniques demonstrated and experimented with new ways
of doing.
Presenting
Little Sean’s ‘Dream Houses in Snail Heaven’:
