Jason’s eye for detail

Jason the artist

Student Jason Date 20 August 2008
Topic Fabric painting for an art exhibition Observer Amanda (teacher)

Intended learning

  • Share personal information through an artwork.

Jason’s class was preparing for the art exhibition. The children were instructed to paint the initial letter of their name on the centre of the fabric and to then choose contrasting bold colours to complete the background. They had to make sure that no fabric was left showing.

Jason followed these instructions with no extra help needed to complete this stage. He completed his work at the same time as others and followed the directions really well. This was important because he usually completes his work some time after the other children.

In the afternoon, the children returned to the activity and were instructed to paint things on their picture that were special to them. Jason painted his soft toy from home, Lambie, in pride of place right in the middle of his letter “J”! He also added a heart and some lollipops. He then added some swirl designs he had seen other children use on their artworks.

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