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Clifton Hill Primary School in Melbourne Australia
Art Teacher: Gina Grant
Lesson: Personal Mandalas
Medium: White and metallic colored pencil on black
Grade Level: Sixth
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From Gina:..... "I gave them some black paper,
some crayola metallic pencils, told them to trace a circle, and using
only one colour, create something meaningful to themselves. First they
had to trace their hand coming into the circle and then to imagine a
light source somewhere behind it. I told them how to use the pencil
(points for sharp lines, the side of the pencil for shading, drawing
small ellipticals with more or less pressure from their shoulders to
create depth of shading....). If they came to me to ask WHAT to draw, I
turned them away, saying that it was up to them as it was a Personal
Mandala. They actually got off on it so much they were saying it was
like a meditation. As the other students saw them complete these
wonderful artworks they actually tried harder to finish their own stuff
to do the same."
For more information about this project, see work
done by Sharon Kennedy's students.
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