Artist of the Moment ELC FC

This page has been created to share art projects and ideas going on in the Falkirk Council area

[dennypsnursery @nurserydennyps]

We have recently been exploring paintings by Claude Monet. Today children looked at a variety of his paintings and chose their favourite to recreate them using a variety of collage materials. Look at these amazing pictures! #creativity #claudemonet @ArtistMomentELC

[dennypsnursery @nurserydennyps]

Andy Scott is our artist of the moment. Andy created the design for the kelpies. So there was lots of model making happening today of the kelpie using lots of recycled materials. #artistofthemoment #kelpies #creativity @ArtistMomentELC

[Sacred Heart Early Learning and Childcare @SacredHeartELC]

We have been enjoying junk modelling + found an artist, Anthony Haywood, who makes art from junk. We have been looking at his work to inspire us, deciding the best junk to use, looking at different ways to join, and problem solving when things don’t go as planned @ArtistMomentELC

[Sacred Heart Early Learning and Childcare @SacredHeartELC]

We started the year off with a new Artist of the Moment the Scottish artist Steven Brown. We have loved looking at the vibrant colours he uses and also laughed at the funny names he gives his paintings. We had a go at using his technique to make our own McCoos @ArtistMomentELC

[dennypsnursery @nurserydennyps]

We have lots of up and coming fashion designers at Denny ELC. We have been following the work of Alexander McQuen following on from our very popular interest in the last few months on jewellery making. Getting creative with old shoes, clothes and bags. #ARTISTOFTHEMOMENT

[dennypsnursery @nurserydennyps]

S designed some platform shoes and was showing us how to walk in them. #artistofthemoment

[dennypsnursery @nurserydennyps]

We are learning about Georges Seurat who paints using a technique called Pointillism.
Children have been sharing what they think about his artwork and have been creating their own by finger painting and using circle collage materials. @ArtistMomentELC #creativity #georgesseurat

[Sacred Heart Early Learning and Childcare @SacredHeartELC]

We love mark making using our hands + managed to find an artist who uses his hands for his work - Russell Powell. Inspired by him we used brushes to make patterns + pictures on our hands then printed them on to paper. “I made a flower” “I made a rocket” “tickly” @ArtistMomentELC

[Sacred Heart Early Learning and Childcare @SacredHeartELC]

Thank you to Adele from Denny ELC for introducing us to Artist of the Moment. Starting with Jackson Pollock we learnt new techniques to make art just like ��fireworks” -L We explored other ways of making marks similar to Jackson + created some amazing group art. @ArtistMomentELC

[dennypsnursery @nurserydennyps]

We have been exploring Asger Jorn our AOTM. Children have had interesting opinions when asked what they liked about the picture they selected
L - it's so good
A - I like all the colours
M - the pink bit
H - it looks like our planet
M - it looks like birds on it.
@ArtistMomentELC

[dennypsnursery @nurserydennyps]

We have begun exploring our recent artist of the moment Andy Goldsworthy. Yesterday some children were inspired to create their own natural artwork. They selected their favourite images and found resources to begin creating.
@goldsworthy_art #ArtistMomentELC

[dennypsnursery @nurserydennyps]

We have been exploring portraits by a variety of artists. Children have chosen to either use iPADS to take photos of themselves or use a mirror to help them create their self portrait. They have also been creating portraits using collage materials and clay. @ArtistMomentELC #art

[A McIntosh @AMcIntoshEYO]

Thank you @nurserygps for having me to share our Artist of the Moment journey so far @nurserydennyps 😊 it was great to see the work you have already started and the amazing art your wee ones have already created. Looking forward to sharing ideas and techniques!
@ArtistMomentELC

[Early Years Scotland @earlyyearsscot]

Natasha McMillan will join us in person at our Professional Learning Academy in Glasgow on Wed 11 May for her 'My Artistic Mindset' session. To find out more and to book your place go to https://t.co/iiEAFYj4w6

[dennypsnursery @nurserydennyps]

Take a look at the work that the team have been doing lead by @AMcIntoshEYO we have many budding artists in our midst! #creativity #artistofthemonth #proud

[dennypsnursery @nurserydennyps]

Today we finalised our clay creations. Children mixed their own colours and painted them however they wanted independently.
"Olaf is red, its summer and he's hot" - J
"The cheese is red, its roasted" - C
"The crocodile is red, I like red" - C
#creativity #Clay #ArtistOfTheMonth

[dennypsnursery @nurserydennyps]

Today we began looking at our new Artist of the month Yayoi Kusama. We looked at pictures of her sculptures and created our own. Children explored the feel of the clay and investigated what happened when they added water and used different tools. Look at some of our creations.

[dennypsnursery @nurserydennyps]

We continued to take inspiration from @FollowWestwood. Children collaborated by collaging an outfit on an outline of a child. Children also collaged, drew and painted on small cut outs of outfits and made old clothes more interesting adding loose materials. #artistofthemonth

[dennypsnursery @nurserydennyps]

Our artist of the month is Vivienne Westwood so we have been designing our own clothes and had our very own fashion show. #creativity #stylists

[dennypsnursery @nurserydennyps]

Today Mrs T brought in her very special sewing machine. Mrs T helped the children to use it and explained how it worked. With her help children were able to further develop their design skills making some lovely dresses and bags. #fashion #design #creativity #sewing