I've long admired the art of UK native, Ashley Percival. His whimsical illustrations are so cheerful!
I thought his would be the perfect style to use as inspiration for a new drawing lesson with the children in my art class last week.
We used this illustration as our prototype:
To get the children going, I created a template for the sweater.
(I find children under the age of 12 tend to draw to a very small scale. Having the sweater at a set size forced them to stick to the larger scale!)
I had each child trace the template onto funky printed paper, cut out the sweaters and glue them into the middle of a piece of white cardstock.
From this point, they had to draw on:
- a head
- ears
- a jaunty cap
- eyes
- rosy cheeks
- nose/whiskers/mouth
- paws
- skinny jeans
- shoes
- skateboard
Thank you for the inspiration, Ashley!
I thought his would be the perfect style to use as inspiration for a new drawing lesson with the children in my art class last week.
We used this illustration as our prototype:
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| Artist: Ashley Percival |
(I find children under the age of 12 tend to draw to a very small scale. Having the sweater at a set size forced them to stick to the larger scale!)
I had each child trace the template onto funky printed paper, cut out the sweaters and glue them into the middle of a piece of white cardstock.
From this point, they had to draw on:
- a head
- ears
- a jaunty cap
- eyes
- rosy cheeks
- nose/whiskers/mouth
- paws
- skinny jeans
- shoes
- skateboard
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| This was my example. |
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| I had the kids create their own hand-printed background as well. This one belongs to a 7.5 year old student. |
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I love his work too! And your kids did such a good job! That's genius about giving them a template to start from to gauge scale also. :)
ReplyDeleteIt can be frustrating for both me and the kids; I think they WANT to draw bigger but somehow, dimensions are easier to get right when they're tiny. Thanks, Mary!
DeleteThese little rabbits are so fun! Great idea to start with the sweater in patterned paper and have them draw from there. I love their little imaginations!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Edi! Ooooh yes: kids' imaginations are a special thing...it's a privileged to watch them in action!
DeleteYour art classes sound like so much fun :)
ReplyDeleteThe kids' bunnies are amazing! I love how they each reproduced the skinny legs and rosy cheeks :)
The skinnies and rosy cheeks are a riot, eh? The kids got a kick out of learning how to do a basic skinny jean under a sweater :)
Deletecool idea! The kids made really nice art!
ReplyDeleteI'll let them know they were getting all this love on the blog...they'll be tickled!
DeleteThat's an adorable idea, and I really love the original illustrations. Sometimes I want to go to school to be an art educator, I really love to look at student's work :) So much character.
ReplyDeleteYou're right about that, Van: each child bring their very own flavor to a project. It's really, really rewarding to see them put new skills to use :)
DeleteFrom one art teacher to another - kudos darling! I love to see more in the new year!
ReplyDeletevery cool.. love the results
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great idea! Perfect for that age group, right? Looks like a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteWow, the work that the children produced is so imaginative! Great idea, you sound like a wonderful teacher.
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