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Middle Years Visual Arts Update

In Term 3, the year 6’s were looking at sustainability and created creatures out of recycle items. This idea was based off the short film “The Lost Thing” by Shaun Tan. They are now working through the process of creating their own abstract artwork which is inspired by Kandinsky and Mondrian. They have enjoyed this unit as we have been listening to a range of music to help gain inspiration for their abstract art piece.

The year 7’s have studied the theme of Portraiture. During the first lesson of art students drew a self-portrait. They then studied different drawing techniques and materials to be able to draw a realistic face. The growth over these few weeks was amazing! Students compared their first drawing to their second drawing and were shocked at how much they had grown and developed their drawing skills. They then investigated Pop Art where they experimented with paint and bright colours.

The year 7’s are now looking at typography and working through the process of creating a quote poster where they will be creating their own fonts and illustrations.

The year 8’s have studied the theme of Still Life. They started the unit similar to the year 7’s where they completed a drawing of still life objects. Over the next few weeks they learnt drawing techniques and strategies to be able to draw objects in 3D and the correct Proportion.

They then applied all these techniques and created another still life drawing. Again the development of skill was fantastic! Students then investigated painting skills to create wacky still life paintings. To finish the unit they created hybrid object sculptures using air drying clay which all the students thoroughly enjoyed. The year 8’s are now creating poster designs for a food truck company where the owner of the company will choose a few poster to be featured on their Instagram page.

Art is now starting to pop up around the Northern Building and then hopefully the rest of the school. Anyone who would like to contribute to creating art for the school please come along to the Creative Hub program which is on at lunchtime in Art2.

Also to anyone in the community who has any art ideas or expertise in the art field who would like to help out with some collaborative art projects, please feel free to contact Miss Drinkall.