Visual Arts

Communicating with the Specialist Team

We look forward to partnering with you in 2023, and welcome your input:

Danielle Haines (Visual Arts)  danielle.haines@education.vic.gov.au 

Get Excited!

Wednesday 18th October

Every student has different interests, skills and experience. In the art room we celebrate creativity and experimentation so it is important to extend this beyond the classroom. Our art show celebrates the achievements of every student by guaranteeing work displayed for every student. Students have been choosing the work they are most proud of to be displayed and are looking forward to showing you what they have been doing. 

We will be running a scavenger hunt and art awards on the night and would appreciate donations of items to add to hampers of art and craft materials to be offered as prizes. Typical items include pencils, paints, brushes, felt pens, canvas, craft goods, colouring books or any other art item you can come up with. These could be purchased from the supermarket, $2 shop or any art supply store. You may even have unopened art supplies at home you wish to donate. 

If you are interested in being a parent helper for this event, I would love to hear from you. There is no art experience required to help out. Jobs will include mounting works for display, set up on the Tuesday and pack up of the show, manning raffles etc. 

Be on the look out for this unruly flock of birds in the yard very soon as our community art project is nearing completion. 

An Overview of our Learning

Foundation students have tried their hand at paper weaving. This tricky project is a real test of fine motor skills and resilience and they truly rose to the challenge. They added an extra flare with paper flowers, cutting four layers of paper at a time to achieve a symmetrical flower shape. 

Students got to know Percy, a porcupine with a spikey problem. Percy loves balloons but has a bit of trouble when he plays with them. Foundation students used their printing skills to add spikes to their Percy drawings. They combined drawing, cutting, painting and printing all into the one project. 

We finished off the term getting our hands dirty in some clay, each making a pinch pot and decorating them with a variety of beads to make them unique.

Year 1 and 2 have put their creative hats on to turn our collection of bottles into a variety of fish for our art show. They experimented with materials to create fins, tentacles, eyes, and tails. Each one is truly unique and ready to swim.

They have also been trying their hands at some string art. Many found it challenging to push the nails into their boards, but everyone got there in the end. Step two was to start winding. Year 1s have made a start, choosing their colour and began the fiddly task of wrapping the string around the nails, creating a vase for their handmade flowers. They look amazing and well worth the effort.

Year 3 and 4 students have been working on their portfolio task. This is no ordinary painting project, each one glows spectacularly under UV lights. Students have blended colours to create a vibrant under the sea painting. They chose a sea creature or combination of creatures to feature and added fine details using black markers to contrast the fluorescent paints. 

Students have also been working on their story telling in art. Each one creating a comic strip to show a progression from one frame to the next. There is such a great variety of stories to be told, I can't wait to see them come together. 

Year 5 and 6 students have been getting some perspective. We have explored the world of perspective drawing and how to achieve a sense of depth in their work. Using one point perspective, students have created cubes and irregular shapes by using a vanishing point. They used this technique to create three-dimensional letters to spell their names.

This week they began work on their portfolio task, exploring the work of David Hockney. His vibrant landscapes explore the vastness of the region by using perspective techniques. Students have begun to create a landscape inspired by Hockney's work, using perspective and bright colours.