Year 1 Week 6 Visual Art Activity

Learning Intention: For students to create a leaf impression painting using primary colours.

Success Criteria: If students are able to show an imprint of the leaves they have used, concentrating on primary colours.

Autumn Leaf Sponging activity

Autumn Leaf Painting: Materials 

Stock Card / Mixed Media Paper

Paint primary colours

Sponge

A Gorgeous Collection of Leaves

A piece of A4 white paper

Head outside and gather as many leaves as possible.

Variety is key here, so have a good rummage and find different shapes, sizes and colours!

Once your Arty Crafty Kids have a bag or two filled with leaves, start painting!

Prepare the Paint

Using three separate plates, place one of the primary colours on each (Red, Yellow & Blue).  This will allow plenty of room for colour-mixing and painting!

For reference, take a look at our basic colour-mixing chart:

Sponge painting round the leaves may take a little practice, especially for smaller hands, but there’s no rush and the process is all about playing and exploring.

Position a number of leaves of different sizes and shapes on top of the canvas.

One by one, begin sponge painting round each leaf, adding different colours and tones as you work around the leaf.

Once complete, gently peel the leaf away to reveal the silhouette.

Repeat the above process until the canvas is full of leafy silhouettes.

Once complete, begin filling in the remaining negative space with more Autumn colours, layering the paint to create additional depth and texture.

Next, add a leaf print within some of the silhouettes. 

The clip below shows a very simple and basic way to leaf printing.  You can use this as a guide, explore the lines and shapes and above all have lots of fun!

I can not wait to see all the different patterns  and variations you can create with lots of different leaves!

SKETCHBOOK ENTRY

Hello everyone, im looking forward to seeing your sketchbook entries from last week!

How did you go with your instrument making?

Did you manage to sketch your instrument in your sketchbook?

Please share!

CONTACT DETAILS

Teresa Velardi (Visual Art Teacher)

Please feel free to contact me with your childrens amazing work!