Visual Art News

ART CLUB:

In Art Club, students learned about the significance of National Sorry Day and reflected on the importance of acknowledging and respecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their histories. Students created Aboriginal flags and handprint artworks to symbolise unity, respect, and reconciliation. Through this meaningful activity, they explored how art can be used to express understanding, reflection, and empathy.

YEAR 1 

In Year 1 Visual Arts, students explored the exciting world of the ocean through a Wax Resist artwork inspired by underwater environments. Students used oil pastels to create detailed ocean scenes filled with fish, coral, seaweed, shells, bubbles and other sea creatures. They focused on the art elements of line, colour, shape and pattern by experimenting with wavy, zigzag and curved lines, along with repeated patterns on their sea creatures and plants. Students carefully planned their artworks by including foreground, middle ground and background elements and used cool colours such as blues, greens and purples to represent the ocean. Their creativity and imagination truly shone through in their vibrant and detailed underwater artworks.

YEAR 5

In Year 5 Visual Arts, students explored the art elements of line, shape, pattern, repetition and unity through a Charles McGee inspired collage and relief sculpture project. Students learnt about the artist Charles McGee and discussed his abstract and figurative artworks, identifying the use of bold lines, repeated patterns and interesting shapes throughout his work. Using black paint, markers and colour slicks, students created their own patterned papers by dividing their pages into sections and filling them with a variety of creative lines, shapes and designs. They experimented with repetition and contrast while developing their own unique patterns inspired by McGee’s style. Students then began arranging and layering their cut-out shapes to create depth and three-dimensional compositions. It was wonderful to see students exploring creativity, composition and artistic expression through this engaging construction project.

YEAR 6 Chinese Lanterns

In Year 6 Visual Arts, students explored line, pattern, form, colour and shape through the creation of beautiful Chinese New Year Fans inspired by Chinese culture and calligraphy. Students selected a range of meaningful Chinese characters, including symbols representing peace, love, courage and wisdom, and painted them using analogous watercolour combinations such as reds, oranges and yellows. They practised blending two and three colours together to create vibrant effects and carefully outlined their characters using black colour slicks to make their designs stand out. Students then added decorative details using gold and silver colour slicks, creating intricate and eye-catching artworks. It was wonderful to see students experimenting with colour blending, pattern and decorative design while learning about the significance of Chinese characters and cultural symbolism.

Happy Creating,

Adele (Visual Arts Teacher)