During Term 3, our Art classes consisted of lessons that complemented the Integrated Topics of each year level. The Prep-2 students were studying Fairytales and we had lots of fun with guided drawing sessions.
We learned how to draw castles as well as discussing what the different parts of a castle were called (towers, turrets, battalions, drawbridges etc). Our Foundation students did an amazing job of drawing their castles with white oil pastels on black paper. Some even highlighted the windows with yellow to make them look like the lights were on! Here are photos of Will T and Carla's castles.
The Grade 1-2 students also worked on drawing castles - they used black oil pastels and bright watercolours. These are displayed in the office building - I think they look amazing!
Grade 3/4 students enjoyed their topic of Media last term and we had lots of fun making comics and drawing cartoons (especially after Richard Galbraith's visit). We also looked at Pop Art and studied some artworks by famous artists like Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. We were particularly inspired by the artwork 'Whaam!' by Roy Lichtenstein. Students used a variety of materials to create their own Onomatopoeia Pop Art. If you ask one of the Grade 3/4 students, I am sure they can explain to you what 'Onomatopoeia' means! They certainly made me say "WOW!"
The 5/6 students studied Outer Space in Term 3 and we spent some time studying the Visual Art Principles of Perspective and Space. In particular, we looked at the optical illusion of 'foreshortening'. Foreshortening describes an extreme perspective, where objects on a 2-dimensional surface seem to reach out to you. Things that are closer to you look bigger than the things that are far away.
Students created artworks of astronauts in outer space and experimented with this technique of foreshortening. They began by tracing their hands and feet and then drawing the body smaller to give the illusion of the astronaut falling through outer space. They look terrific displayed around the Art Room! Here are Riley's, Stanley's and Jaidyn's.
I hope you've enjoyed reading about what we were learning about in Visual Arts last term. I will continue to update this blog with photos and snippets of our lessons during the remainder of this year. We certainly have some very talented artists here at Marlborough!
