My artwork is a picture of a beautiful mountain range with a lake in the center. This artwork is inspired by the tranquil water paintings in the book, “A Leaf Called Greaf”. The mountain range is portrayed as a towering stone pillar as it passes through the clouds, piercing through the sky. The lake in […]
After reading A Leaf Called Greaf by Kelly Canby, our Year 1 students reflected on the story’s powerful message about feelings, friendship and finding light in dark moments. Inspired by the gentle bear character, each student created their own bear drawing and brought it to life using soft watercolour paints. These artworks show how creativity
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We enjoyed reading and talking about both “A Leaf called Grief” and “These Long Loved Things” during one session. We especially liked the shadow illustrations of Bear’s lost family in “A Leaf called Grief” showing their care. Then how the seasons passing made Bear feel better until he could let go of leaf but the
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Year 3 students read and analysed A Leaf Called Greaf by Kelly Canby. Their visual responses to the text shows alternative Book Covers created by the students in Canva.
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“Kelly Canby’s artwork in The Leaf Called Greaf inspired the class to create their own colourful settings for him. They used colour slicks, pastel crayons, textas, water colour and paint blocker to create a similar image.
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A Leaf Called Greaf made for a lovely diorama project with the leaves and trees featuring beautifully alongside Bear.
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Another fabulous diorama for A Leaf Called Greaf
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Redesign the Title Page of ‘A Leaf Called Greaf.’ Our students were very touched by the sadness and beauty of this picture book.
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A student created this title page for A Leaf Called Greaf.
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