Visual Arts News

Prep

This week in visual art, the prep students created a small mixed media artwork inspired by the night sky. They learnt how different groups of stars can form a picture called a constellation. Students used pastels to create a night sky, then added wooden matchsticks to join stars and form their own constellation pictures. This artwork allowed the preps to show their creativity, while working on their fine motor skills. 

Grade 1&2

This week our grade ones and twos explored an artwork by American Pop Artist James Rizzi, which featured personified cartoon buildings. Students also explored the art element of ‘shape’. After brainstorming different buildings that can be found in our community, they used a range of shapes to draw a building of their own. They took inspiration from James Rizzi’s work and gave their building human features, then used paint-slicks to add colour to their piece. 

Grade 3&4

Grade threes and fours focused on line and pattern this week in visual art and were introduced to zentangles –abstract works of art created by a collection of patterns. For this exploration, students followed a guided drawing of a spider web. After drawing their web, students used fineliner pens to fill in each section of their web with a different pattern. We got to see so many creative patterns and designs!

Grade 5&6

This week the grade five and six students explored advanced colour pallets. They learnt about complementary colours (colours opposite each other on the colour wheel) and analogous colours (similar colours positioned next to each other on the colour wheel). Students also explored abstract patterned artworks by Australian Artist Erin Elsley. Using her artworks as inspiration, they chose their own paint-slick colour pallet (complementary or analogous) and painted shapes and patterns to create an eye-catching artwork. Here are some of their artworks: