During the year we focused on several different artists including Hundertwasser. I hadn't actually heard of him before a colleague showed me some of his work. From the first time we looked at his work as a class the children were mesmerised! They loved the fact that it was achievable for all of them to create something similar.
He was also an architect and one of the pieces the boys liked the most was a public bathroom! They couldn't believe that this could be counted as art and it opened their eyes up to seeing even their own school in a different way. Instead of working on individual projects we decided to do a whole class project. As a class we did a basic design on the whiteboard. The children then took a section each and worked in groups or pairs to complete their section. We had lots of images of both Hundertwasser's artwork and his architecture surrounding the art table which they used as inspiration. It was lovely to see them really encourage and congratulate their peers on their contribution to the display. They were delighted when it was finished as they were getting so many compliments from staff and students alike. We made it so that it could be taken down and be put up again either as the full display or just a smaller section. I do sometimes find it hard to focus on art history as we are so busy making crafts for certain occasions e.g Halloween, Christmas etc. However this project took a few weeks and as each bit was completed it was added to the display so seeing the work in progress gave a great insight to the process of creating something special.
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