Space Art!

A little something different this year seeing as I'm teaching them Science as well, let's throw that into the art lessons!

Today was Peter Thorpe, an artist known more for illustrations but has become loved for his rocket pictures which have that 50s comic book feel. I like being able to give the kids an artist name to make the lesson more personal, but I always encourage them to let their own style shine through. 

I had the kids combine Star Patti's chalk galaxy lesson over at Deep Space Sparkle along with Peter Thorpe's style of rockets. We thought about the bold colours we'd use to create that futuristic atmosphere but mostly we focused on light and shadow, thinking where our sun would be and therefore where the shadows would be cast on the planets and rockets. Very interesting, this is almost a science assessment activity in itself, seeing what they understand. 

Enjoy! We certainly did!