There are few natural sights more magical than seeing the Northern Lights flicker and dance across the sky. In this project, the children created a landscape inspired by Canadian artist Bärbel Smith’s interpretation, which appear in the night sky as a ribbon-like form. They focused on value as they used chalk pastels to add light and dark colours to create the form of the Northern Lights over a blended background. The children were engrossed in this two lesson project and the finished pictures are as spectacular as the Northern Lights themselves!
We Are Water Protectors was written by Carole Lindstrom, who is part of the INDIGENOUS Ojibwe people. The main theme of this reading is the ongoing issues surrounding the Dakota pipeline and what that means to the local indigenous communities. The story goes through the importance of protecting our environment, traditions and community. Michaela Goade’s illustrations bring each page to life with sweeping landscapes, designs and colours that swirl and melt together.
The children created a beautiful watercolour concertina and filled it with everything that they wanted to protect. The end results were both thought provoking and stunning.
