Anatomical Illustrations

For centuries, artists and scientists have been fascinated by the structures of the human body. Most famously, we think of the illustrations done by Da Vinci. 

This was a class I taught with one of the Biology teachers at my school. She provided anatomical books for the students to use. The challenge was to draw an anatomical illustration combining creative and artistic elements. 

Grade 7-9 students could use any media they wanted. 

Here are a few example of what they came up with!

 

Positive & Negative Space Hearts Art Project

Another great lesson I saw on the Instagram account of Lauralee Chambers @2art.chambers.

I taught this lesson to a class of Grade 4-6 students. It took 2 classes to complete.

The first class, students created a bleeding tissue background on small squares of white paper. 

I use Spectra brand.

I lay out the colours like this so students can easily choose which ones they want.

This takes one class. The next class, students draw onto their colourful background, a variety of sizes of hearts. They need to fill all the available spaces. Then they colour in the background in Sharpie.

Open a window- it gets stinky!

These look so cool and dramatic when they're finished!!

 

Marker Watercolour Negative Space Snowflakes

This is a lovely winter themed art project that I saw on Instagram by the famous 

Lauralee Chambers🌀 @2art.chambers. Her creative ideas and output is incredible!

You need snowflake stencils for this. I ordered THESE and they're fantastic. 

Beforehand, we discussed/reviewed the concept of positive and negative space in art.

On a smooth paper, students traced their chosen snowflakes using water based markers.

Then add another line of marker so you have more intense pigment. 

Once the page is filled, students just used water and a brush and painted over all the marker lines, dissolving the marker into a pretty watercolour effect. 

I did this with a grade 4-6 class as well as a grade 7-9 class and they both really enjoyed it!

Grade 7-9 

Grade 4-6