Visual Art 

Foundation

Foundation students have been working hard, learning about how Space is used in Art, and how different shapes can be used to create artworks. All students have practised cutting skills, glueing and colouring using pastels to produce an Artwork of Monsters. Some of the Monsters have been close, and others have been far away! Each student is gaining confidence and building their skills when creating their artworks.

Year 1 & 2

The year 1 and 2 students have been focusing on Texture, and how different textures can impact the way we feel and learn about artworks. As a class the students learned about the Wurundjeri calendar, and discussed each of the 7 seasons used throughout the year by First Nations peoples. As they discussed, they learned that the months of April, May and June belong to Warun, or Wombat season where Wombats start to appear more regularly. With this knowledge students, planned, sketched and finally drew artworks of Wombats using pastels.

Year 3 & 4

The Year 3 and 4 students started off learning about how perspective is used in Art, and how depth can be added through the inclusion of a Foreground, Middle Ground and Background. As classes, students looked at familiar artworks and landscapes by Albert Namijura and Vincent Van Gogh for inspiration before developing their own pieces. 

Each student then planned, sketched and produced an artwork using pastels, implementing skills such as blending, and using complementary colours within their landscapes. Some students had never really learned how to blend properly with crayons or pastels, and so achieved a new level of confidence in learning this skill.

Year 5 & 6

In Visual Art Year 5’s and 6’s have been learning about the core elements and principles that are considered when developing Artwork. To help build interest by the viewers of each artwork, students focused on the aspect of perspective, and the impact it can have on emotion. If elements are overlapping, pieces can feel crowded, whereas if elements disappear into the distance a sense of openness and isolation can be produced. 

Each Year 5 and 6 class is continuing to develop a One- Point Perspective artwork based on an open road, buildings, complete with billboards, trees and stretching skies.