Newspaper Heads by Sharon Gale
Textile and graphic artist Sharon Gale shows pupils in the Art Cabin at Northaw CE Primary School in Hertfordshire, how to make colourful, painted Newspaper Animal Heads.
This project was shared with AccessArt as part of the 40 Artist Educator Project, funded by Arts Council England, aiming to highlight and celebrate artist-led teaching and facilitation.
Newspaper Animal Heads by Sharon Gale
This is a great little painting project that doesn’t take too long to do. We began by drawing an outline of a large but simply shaped animal head on two whole sheets of newspaper folded in their natural crease line. It’s important not to make the ears too narrow as eventually the head will be stuffed with crumpled newspaper or tissues.
To help younger children in the group I created some animal head templates in advance, this is also a good idea if you are short of time.
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October 20, 2014 @ 12:39 pm
[…] Back in the summer, I was invited by AccessArt be involved in their ‘40 Artist Educator Project’. I was asked to document two projects that we could share with the AccessArt audience. The first of which has now been published and can be viewed here. […]
Sharon Gale
October 23, 2014 @ 11:01 am
Hi Samantha, thank you for your kind comments. The children really enjoyed making them, and it wasn’t too complex for the younger ones.
The Art Cabin is a great resource for the school, I think all schools should have one. It’s a place where children can come by to try out new art ideas, ask questions and build self confidence. It does help that I am a working artist based at the Art Club (although not every day), but I think that this is the sort of thing that could be run by parents with a creative flair.