Visual Arts

"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." - MAYA ANGELOU

Communicating with the Specialist Team

We look forward to partnering with you in 2024, and welcome your input:

Danielle Haines (Visual Arts) danielle.haines@education.vic.gov.au

Foundation students have mastered the art of sewing, finishing off their heart plates and decorating them with unique patterns. This week we have begun our next project that will introduce students to weaving. They have been busy creating their own decorated paper with oil pastels and waterbased markers. Each student coloured in some plastic and sprayed it with water, placing their paper down using a transfer technique to create bright colours. There were many coloured fingers by the end of the lesson along with our fantastic papers.

Before we move into our sculpture unit, Year One and Two students are having a go at sewing on fabric. They started by preparing their piece of hessian and have nearly finished stitching a border. They faced many challenges but are demonstrating significant improvements each week. Some have even started their own fish design which will provide an opportunity to experiment with different types of stitches.

Year Three and Four students have been learning a blanket stitch to sew the two halves of their Pete Cromer inspired softies together. As the first couple of softies are being completed, others are becoming more motivated to see what they will achieve. There has been some fantastic progress this week as everyone is getting the hang of this useful stich.

It's all about symmetry in art for the Year Five and Six students. We spent time discussing radial symmetry and ability to cut something in half in any position to get a copy on each side. Students designed a simple mandala and then drew on an old CD using sharpies and sometimes puffy paint to create a unique design.

This week we are combining radial symmetry with sculpture, using simple origami folds to create a relief sculpture. Students are making design decisions in regards to colour and layout, choosing any combination of folds, or even making up their own.