Art! Inspired by Books and Other Artists

We were inspired by the book "Mouse Paint" to try mixing the primary colours (red, yellow, blue) to create the secondary colours (orange, green, purple).  We learned that adding more or less of one colour can really change the end result.  After mixing our paints, we used paper and scissors to create our own little mice like the ones from the book.  

We were also inspired by the work of Ted Harrison and tried to use his techniques to create artwork that we decided to call "Here Comes the Sun".  We considered  space, lines and also discussed the use of warm colours for the sunny parts (red, yellow, orange, pink) and cool colours for the ground/water (blue, green, purple).  This was our first time using oil pastels and we learned a lot about this art medium.  Small even strokes with pressure or circular colouring seemed to produce the darkest colour and provided the best paper coverage.  These are still a work in progress as we plan to add a black paper image (innukshuk, animal) as Ted Harrison's work often includes these in the foreground!