3/4 ~ Music and Art

'Creative Composers' linked perfectly with Art this term for the Grade 3/4s. Students learned about Cubism and Picassso's Three Musicians painting.

 

They also investigated Picasso's painting called 'Violin and Grapes' and made their own cubist-style guitar collages.

To finish off our unit, students explored the work of Paul Klee and how music influenced a lot of his artwork. Here are their paintings, inspired by Klee's Castle and Sun artwork.

P-2 ~ The Art of Eric Carle

Eric Carle was the perfect artist/author/illustrator to explore while the Foundation students were learning about Minibeasts and the Grade 1/2s were learning about zoo/rainforest animals.

Our Grade 1/2 students also learned about the artist Franz Marc, who inspired Eric Carle's fabulous book called 'The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse'. Franz Marc painted animals in bright and unusual colours and his modern, expressionistic art was banned in his country. Eric Carle hopes this book shows his young readers that in art, there is no wrong colour.

So we made lots of bright painted papers (just like Eric Carle) and created our very own unusually colourful animals (just like Franz Marc). Aren't they amazing!!!

Foundation students spent time looking at the wonderful artwork of Eric Carle in his classic book 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'. They then experimented with balloon printing to make the circle shapes of their caterpillar's body. Their background was decorated with coloured crayons and a mixture of collaged images from the book.

They also enjoyed reading The Very Busy Spider as well as the Bad Tempered Ladybird. Students made painted papers to create their own spiders, with a white oil pastel web background. To create their ladybirds, students painted and cut a paper plate, added a split pin and some eyes and pipecleaner antennae. They look fantastic! Well done everyone. I hope Eric Carle and Franz Marc have inspired you with your art making.

5/6 ~ Clay pets

During our whole school unit on working with clay, Grade 5/6 students modelled their own miniature pets/animals. Some students chose to make their pet from a pinch pot, turned upside down, with features added. Others sculpted more complicated forms, along with toys and food bowls! Once dry, the pets were painted with tempera paints and a final coat of mod podge gave them some shine! They are so cute! Well done Grade 5/6.

5/6 ~ Gifted and Talented Group ~ Canvas art

Have you seen the new artwork in the Office? The following Grade 5/6 students created these canvases as part of a Gifted and Talented Art Group in Term 3.

Artists: Kallarney, Olivia, Sasha, James, Harua, Evie, Lewis, Kaela V, Teig, Paislee, Ava and Siobhan.

We were inspired by the abstract art and collages of Rex Ray.

We began by printing a variety of textured papers using Gelli plates. Once these were dry, we cut them out in many shapes and sizes and collaged them onto a painted canvas. Here are some of our 'practice' canvases that are now on display in the Art Room.

And here are the 3 canvases that are now hanging proudly in the Office. They certainly brighten up the area!

Art inspired by our African Drumming lessons

Did you see what Kofi displayed as the background to our African Drumming performance? It was a Kente cloth from Ghana! We learned all about the meaning of this traditional cloth and how it was woven. We also discovered that different colours had different meanings.

Students made their own simple patterns and designs from coloured paper and white oil pastels, inspired by these Kente designs.

Grade 1 and 2 students talked about some of the beautiful animals found in Africa and then made their own gorgeous giraffe collages.