Art

Welcome to Term 4 Art

I hope that everyone had a restful and enjoyable holiday and enjoyed the warmer Spring weather and all the beautiful colours that we see in nature during the Spring months. 

My family enjoyed trips to various beautiful gardens and Galleries in both Melbourne and Central Victoria. Victoria has many wonderful exhibitions at our Regional Galleries as well as at NGV Australia and NGV International. All three Regional Cities: Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong have fabulous old Galleries with great collections of both Australian and International Artwork

Many of the children have also told me how much they enjoyed drives to see the Tessellar Tulip farm with its beautiful array of coloured tulips stretching over the Silvan hillsides, along with outings to the Dandenong Ranges Botanical Gardens and daffodil farms.

Nature and plants have always inspired artists to create and paint. In the Art room we have enjoyed looking at landscapes Spring artworks. Our focus on the Artwork of the Impressionist artists, especially Claude Monet have inspired students to focus on ‘impressions of light’ in painting of water, clouds, landscape, gardens, and buildings.

A trip to the Winter masterpieces exhibition of The French Impressionists from The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has been a highlight for many.

Many students have been busy doing their own artwork during the break and have brought in their work to share. It is wonderful to see how much pleasure young BPS artists get out of doing their own Artwork at home and bringing these works in to share with their friends and me. Terrific to know that children are enjoying Art in their spare time and embracing new ideas and Art in the world around us.

Well done BPS artists.

Units of Art for Term 4

Term four is a long and busy term and a lot of creative activities are planned for our various levels. 

Students of all levels are regularly introduced to the works of many Artists that are part of our Art History. Learning about the styles and skills of well known, notable and contemporary artists develops a broader knowledge and understanding of creativity that enhances children’s Art knowledge and skills.

Here are some of the Units that we are doing this term:

 *Animals in Art, Cats and Dogs and other favourite pets. 

Since Caveman time to present day…. Artists have drawn, painted, collaged, and sculpted likeness and three-dimensional forms of their favourite animals. Students will be looking at a range of works from famous artists of their pets and will be creating and making their own Animal Artworks using a range of two- and three-dimensional materials.

*Puppets, Mask making and Big Personalities! - Collage, drawing and painting.

*Paul Klee and the world of colours, shapes and forms creating coloured paper cutouts. Using Primary and Complimentary colours for contrast with opposites in shapes, line, and 3D forms too.

*Focus on the art elements of line, shape and colour and the work of Paul Klee. Colourful adventures, negative and positive shapes and forms, fluidity of line and colour highlights for emphasis. Imaginary worlds in semi abstract, semi realism and beyond in our imaginations.

*Abstraction and Art - How shapes and repetition of shapes, along with symmetry, asymmetry, split diagonals, and colour contrasts are used to create a design that is balanced and interesting. How can these ideas be used to create Artworks with a focus on the work of a range of contemporary Abstract artists

*Collage creations – how we can use papers and card to create artworks using a wide range of skills: Spring landscapes and still lives in the style of the Impressionists both Australian and European.

*Portraiture - Expression, gesture, mood, and emotions created through line, proportion, colour, form, and emphasis. Photomontage, I pad art, drawing and crayon work.

*Threads and Textiles: Weaving, fabric collage, colours, textures, and fabric designs

*Modelling and 3D construction, making and joining skills, papier mâché, air dry clay, painting, and varnishing - imaginary creatures, favourite small animals, individual creations

*Grade Six special end of year activities

*End of year Christmas activities

A busy, creative, and exciting term is ahead of us in the BPS Old School Art Studio.

Best wishes,

Mrs. D

Art Teacher

Specialist Programs Coordinator BPS