Term 1, 2019

As seen on our school's Facebook posts, students have been engaged in a number of creative activities this term in the Art Room.

Foundation and Grade 1 students

We have shared the books 'Happy' by Mies van Hout as well as 'My Many Coloured Days' by Dr Seuss. This led to creating various artworks relating to our feelings and emotions. We talked about colours that might make us feel happy, sad, calm, excited etc.

We have also shared the books 'Beautiful Oops' and 'Straight Line Wonder', as well as investigating the art elements of Line, Shape and Pattern. The best conversations I am hearing at the tables at the moment while students are exploring materials and techniques are based around "there are no mistakes in Art!"

Grade 2/3 students

To complement their topic of Celebrations, students have created some Chinese Dancing Lions to celebrate Chinese New Year, as well as travelling to Mexico to make Papel Picados and decorate Sugar Skulls. We are also exploring Children's Day celebrations in Japan and are decorating our own Koinobori (fish kites).

Grade 4/5 students

Enjoyed investigating the work of interactive artist Kelsey Montague, while creating their own digital art with the hashtag #whatliftsyou. Students have also created painted papers to use in collages, inspired by the work of Clare Youngs (photos on FB page).

We are currently exploring some new painting techniques, inspired by the French artist Berthe Morisot and her still life flower paintings.

Grade 6 students

Have completed the #artstylechallenge, drawing themselves in a number of different art animation styles (eg: Anime, Disney, Adventure Time, Roblox, Simpsons etc). We had lots of fun with this!

Students are currently learning about the artist Paul Cezanne and are painting still life paintings, drawing inspiration from Cezanne's use of shape and form (and love of painting apples!)

** Photos of student work to follow - experiencing some technical difficulties with Blogger unfortunately**

Merry Christmas from the Art Room

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful Summer break with loved ones. See you all again in the Art Room next year!

Term 4 ~ Grade 5/6

The majority of this term has been spent on creating Scrapbooking memento pages with the Grade 5/6 students. These will be on display at school and also at the Graduation Evening for the Grade 6 students.

At the beginning of the term, students created these radial symmetry paper relief sculptures. They looked amazing on display in the Art Room!

Term 4 ~ Grade 3/4

Grade 3/4 students worked with ink and watercolours to create these gorgeous surfacing whales after sharing the book 'The Blue Whale' by Jenni Desmond.

 

We investigated the animals and landscape of Antarctica, sharing the book 'Sophie Scott Goes South' by Alison Lester. We created a number of artworks in response to this book.

We also learned all about Jacques Cousteau and his wonderful contributions to science and sea exploration. These scuba divers were tricky to draw!

Term 4 ~ Grade 1/2

Grade 1/2 students learned all about illustrator/author Barbara Reid this term. Rather than making illustrations for her books using pencils or paints, Barbara models her images out of plasticine.

Students really enjoyed using this modelling material to make their own images, with a focus on using space to create a background and foreground.

Students also enjoyed using watercolour pencils to draw some spring blooms, as well as investigating Monet and his water lily paintings.