Visual Arts 

Welcome back to Visual Arts in 2025! I hope everyone has had refreshing summer holidays and is back full of creative ideas.

Foundation

We are focusing on self-portraits in Foundation this term. We will experiment with different drawing materials, such as pencil, crayon and markers. We will practise drawing facial features and adding recognisable details. Over the term, students will draw 3 self-portraits; one from memory, one using a photo, and one looking in the mirror. Drawing skills will overlap with classroom fine motor skills and pencil control.

Years 1 and 2

Junior students will be exploring colour, tone and perspective through the medium of paint. We will use acrylic and watercolour paints with different techniques to produce artwork. First we will create watercolour portraits inspired by Paul Klee’s “Senecio”. We will create a series of dots with stamping techniques, letting our imaginations run wild to turn the dots into all sorts of wonderful things . Students will also develop their understanding of perspective in art through creating autumnal landscapes.

Years 3 and 4

In the Middle School, students will be exploring some of the work of women in art. We are starting the term with Boon Wurrung artist, Stacey Edwards, creating our own paintings featuring Australian flora and fauna against a background of bright-coloured diamond patterns. We will then focus on form and tone to paint still life pictures inspired by Polly Jones’ Summer Fruit paintings. 

Years 5 and 6

Senior students are also using local Indigenous art as inspiration for their first work, in this case it is Wurundjeri artist, Mandy Nicholson and her contrasting use of colour and shape in paintings featuring waterways and native leaves. We will then switch it up, looking at the street art of the infamous Banksy, creating our own stencilled work with non-aerosol spray paint.

New artworks will go on display around the school as we finish our creations. 

Stay tuned for more Arts news later in the term!

Nicola Lane

Arts Specialist