Art

with Mrs Clarke

Welcome to term 2 in the art room...

Week One in the art room saw our students engage in making and drawing poppies for Anzac Day.

Grades 1 and 2 used their fingertips to print poppy petals - four per poppy flower - and also to make blades of grass for the poppy fields.

Grades 3 and 4 painted a sheet of paper red and then cut it into four poppy petals. They folded each petal with a concertina fold and made a slit in the base of each petal. They glued one edge over the other to make their petal pop up. All four petals were glued onto each other, and an inside fringed black circle and yellow circle were added. They are now on display in the office and in the art room.

Grade 5 and 6 explored the word sombre in relation to Anzac Day:

sombre

/ˈsɒmbə/

adjective

dark or dull in colour or tone.
"the night skies were sombre and starless"
having or conveying a feeling of deep seriousness and sadness.
"he looked at her with a sombre expression"

Students looked at many poppy images, and drew their own poppy with only red, black and green soft pastels. Their Anzac Day artwork was to be drawn so as to convey a sombre tone. Their artwork was mounted on black paper and is displayed in the front office and in the art room.

Students in the second week have begun some new projects.

Preps, who have just finished some autumn rake collages, will begin to look at and make a 'Cat in the Hat' Dr Suess artwork. They will also look at the Indigenous calendar and make some artworks regarding things that happen at this time of the year.

Grades 1 and 2 have created some gorgeous clay toadstools that are currently drying and then will be fired.

Grades 3 and 4 students have begun some drawings with perspective to show depth on a page. They explored and practised drawing one-point perspectives and also pictures that show a foreground, midground and background. After practising, they will draw a picture showing depth. We will put these pictures in an origami box and we're calling them 'stories in a box'.

Grades 5 and 6 have begun making a loom and weaving. They will weave an owl.

Previously, grades 5 and 6 completed some notan collages. Notans are a Janapese art concept for the interplay of dark and light values.