The Left Over Paint Project - Term 1

The Left Over Paint Project has been going on since the first week of Term 1. At the end of each Art class, if students had any leftover paint on their pallets (that wasn't worth saving/ or needed for other classes throughout the day) they were given the opportunity to paint it on this collaborative canvas.

As grades came in for their Art lesson each week, they were all keen to see the development of the Left Over Paint Project. There were lots of great discussions occurring during the evolution of this project; in particular about the art elements of colour and texture.

Students said it was very interesting (and fun!) seeing the project develop over the term. If you see any shimmery gold and silver paint on the canvas - that would be from the Grade 6 artists' Stuffing Monsters project. If you see lots of warm colours on the canvas (reds, yellows, oranges) this would be from the Grade 1/2 artists' Sunset Silhouette artworks. If you see lots of green tones, then that would be from the Grade 3/4 artists' Nature Macro Paintings.

At the end of some days, I would look at the canvas and think... Wow what a beautiful abstract artwork - perhaps we should end this project now and display it as it is. But the very motivated OOPS artists persuaded me to keep the project going until the very last day of Term 1 - even if the end result was a yucky mess, we would see the project through to the end.

Here are some photos of the ever changing Term 1 Left Over Paint Project...










The end result of our Term 1 Left Over Paint Project!


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