Lesson Background:
My class has been learning about weather during Science and last week we explored indigenous seasons. We read Alison Lester’s fabulous picture book, “Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo” and Katrina Germein & Bronwyn Bancroft’s stunning book “Big Rain Coming” to see what changes occur to plants and animals in each season. We then painted some rocks in the style of Bronwyn Bancroft, trying to represent one of the seasons we had learnt about.
Lesson Materials (per student):
1 smooth flat rock/pebble
Acrylic paint pens (I highly recommend these over regular acrylic paints with brushes, as they allow children to create much more intricate patterns with greater ease)
Clear spray varnish
Lesson Steps:
1. We explored the art of Bronwyn Bancroft and looked at how she uses background colours with patterns over the top. We also looked at the different types of dots she uses (different sizes, dots within dots, dots with borders, etc) and other patterns such as straight and curved lines. We talked about what colours we could use to best represent different seasons, such as warm colours for hot, dry seasons, and cool colours for wet, cold seasons.
2. The children used the pens to paint their designs.
3. I coated the rocks with varnish.
Haven't they done a brilliant job?!
Student Artworks:
My sample rock 
Minnie's beautiful rock (Grade 1) 
More stunning rocks from Lachie & Isabel (Grade 2) 
Some spectacular offerings from Onyx, Nick, Theo and Nicholas (Grade 1) 
And some more magic from Ahmed (Grade 2), Sia (x2!) (Grade 1). Mikaela and Isabel (Grade 2)
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