ART

This term the students in Grade 5 and 6 have been learning about Melbourne artist Minna Gilligan who works primarily in painting, drawing and collage. Her works are playgrounds of colour, often referencing 1960s/1970s psychedelia and evoking a nostalgic romanticism. 

Taking inspiration from her bold and colourful backgrounds, the students used paint slicks and oil pastels to fill the paper with swirls of colour and shape, with an emphasis on blending.  They cut out pictures from the book ‘Extraordinary Things to Cut and Collage’, before they glued the pictures down they played around with composition, ensuring the pictures were overlaying in a playful way and were balanced across the artwork. Here are some of the surreal collages that the students had so much fun creating:

Aaron (5M)

Andy (5M)

Panagiota (6HB)

Angelina (5M)

Cendrine Rodriguez

Art Teacher