This is a weekly art class where learners will use sketching and collage skills to create a piece of animal-inspired art. It is unlikely that the collage will be complete in the session, and I encourage all learners to continue working on it during the week.

I love collage as it uses materials we often find in our homes (magazines, brochures, packaging, scrap paper, leaflets etc) to create impressive and accessible artworks. Collage can build confidence with learners who believe that art always has to look 'realistic' and 'perfect'.

Each lesson will focus on a different animal, and will start with a step-by-step sketching guide to create the rough shape of the animal. These are shared clearly on a slide show. Once we have sketched our animal, we are ready to collage!

Learners will need glue (can be stick glue or liquid glue, although stick glue like Pritstick is cleaner!), scissors and a lot of scrap papers. Magazines, newspapers, leaflets, brochures etc can be great to collect together. They will need a sketching pencil, black ball point pen, ruler and eraser.  The will also need plain paper or card to create their collage onto.

I would not expect the art works to be finished by the end of each lesson, so learners are encouraged to continue work on their collage - sharing a photo in the classroom once complete.

Example weekly topics include:

Sharks
Dinosaurs
Dragonfly
Flying Frog
Green Turtle