London Olympic Games Activity Booklet - Zart Art

Big Ben
Dry Pastel
Big Ben
Big Ben
Money Box
Big Ben’s clock tower,
designed by Charles Barry, is
one of the most recognizable
landmarks of London. It
stands 96.3 metres at the
north end of the Gothic
looking Westminster Palace
which is also the Houses of
Parliament. On New Year’s
Eve in London huge crowds
traditionally gather around
the clock and wait to herald
in the New Year. It is the
biggest four-face chime
clock in the world, with the
dials measuring 23 feet in
diameter. Big Ben chimed for
the first time in 1859 and is
believed to have been named
after Benjamin Hall who was
in charge of its installation.
The name refers to the
biggest bell (there are also
four smaller bells) and not
to the tower. It has broken
down several times, once
when the snow affected its
mechanism. Find out more
about Big Ben.
Character
Clocks
Materials
Cardboard Squares - Coloured, Paper
Circles 180mm, Paper Circles 120mm,
Magiclay, Zart Poster Colours,
Wooden Spills
1. Glue a Small Paper Circle onto a
large Paper Circle.
2. Write the numerals of the clock
face on to the large Paper Circle.
3. Glue the circles on to a
Cardboard Square.
4. Roll and shape Magiclay to
create facial features and add
these to the small Paper Circle.
5. Paint the eyes with Zart Poster
Colours.
6. Add hands to the clock face and
Wooden Spills for decoration.
Big Ben
Collaged
Rubbings
Materials
Cover Paper 38 x 51cm, Cartridge
Paper A4, Kinder Squares Glossy,
Rubbing Plates, Oil Pastels, Paper
Circles 180mm, Paper Circles 120mm,
Yoken Permanent Markers, Wooden
Spills
1. Use Oil Pastels with Rubbing
Plates to cover a sheet of Cartridge
Paper.
2. Glue a small Paper Circle to a
large Paper Circle and glue these
on to a Kinder Square.
3. Write the numerals of the clock
face on to the large Paper Circle.
4. Cut the patterned papers created
from your rubbings into various
shapes for the top of the clock.
5. Glue all pieces to a sheet of
Cover Paper.
6. Add hands to the clock and
Wooden Spills to decorate.
Materials
Cover Paper 51 x 76cm, Cover Paper
A4, Mungyo Dry Pastels, Rubbing
Plates, Oil Pastels, Magiclay,
Cardboard Ring /Circle template,
Metallic Kinder Squares, Yoken
Metallic Marker, Zart Poster Colours,
Yoken Permanent Marker
1. Fold a sheet of Cover Paper in
half lengthways. Cut along the
fold.
2. Use Mungyo Pastels to create a
coloured skyline on the half sheet
of Cover Paper.
3. Press out the pieces from the
Cardboard Ring /Circle template.
4. Cover the circle with Magiclay
and press into a Rubbing Plate.
5. Paint the textured Magiclay
circle and the surrounding square
stencil with Zart Poster Colours.
6. Glue the square stencil to a
Metallic Kinder Square and cut off
the excess paper.
7. Glue the textured and painted
circle to the metallic square.
8. Use a Permanent Marker to write
in the numerals of the clock face
on to the metallic square.
9. Use Rubbing Plates and Oil
Pastels to create various textured
patterns onto a sheet of A4 Cover
Paper.
10. Use the textured papers to cut
various shapes to form Big Ben’s
tower.
11. Glue all shapes and the clock
face to the coloured skyline.
12. Glue hands to the clock face.
Materials
Cardboard Money Box, Shimmer
Paint, Cardboard Squares Coloured,
Corrugated Wave Card
1. Fold, shape and glue the
Cardboard Money Box.
2. Paint the Cardboard Money Box
with Shimmer Paint.
3. Use Cardboard Squares
Coloured and Corrugated Wave
Card to decorate Big Ben.
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