Gond Art

This week grade 3 students were involved in an 'art workshop' at the Artchill Museum in Jaipur, India. During our tour of the museum we were introduced to Gond art. The word Gond comes from an ancient word in the Gondi language, kond, which means “green mountain”. The Gond are a tribe of people in India that believe that all things in nature are sacred and their paintings reflect their close connection with their surroundings in nature.

After our 'tour' students were inspired to begin creating their own nature themed art piece. Colour, pattern and shape are key features of this style of painting and students enjoyed designing their own designs while thinking about their colour scheme. Once they were finished their designs they used watercolor pucks to paint their base colours. Next week students will begin filling in the lines and details of their art.

Art Learning Outcome: Media and Techniques: Students will use media and techniques , with an emphasis on mixing media and perfecting techniques in drawing and painting.

Students have been engaged with nature in their poetry writing, literacy centres and art this week. 

On Thursday, we took our poetry writing lesson to our outdoor classroom. It seemed fitting to be writing our Haiku poems while outside in nature. 

As the weather is becoming warmer, we hope to have a lot of opportunities to take our learning outside the classroom.