Visual Arts 

Kerry Eeckman 

​Visual Arts Teacher

The Preps have made a great start to the year in Visual Arts making a portrait of their family. They have been introduced to three of the Arts elements: line, colour and shape. Arts elements are what an artist uses to make a piece of art. 

Ask your child what types of lines they have used eg. zig-zag, dotted, broken, wavey etc.

Ask your child to find colours in their art and show you where they are, whilst you have a conversation.

Get them to count how many squares, circles, triangles etc they have used. This will help to reinforce their knowledge of shapes, basic math and observation skills.

Much more goes into their art than simply making it look pretty, just ask them. They should be able to tell you their thinking and learning.

Well done Preps, a great start to your art journey at Primary School. 

Prep B

Prep C

Prep T

Prep W 

I have two Art Competitions that your child(ren) might like to enter over the coming weeks.

1. Zart Student Art Prize

Entry is free and open to all students across Australia. Visit www.zartart.com.au for more information about how to enter and view terms and conditions. Cash prizes offered. See attached image.

 2. Anzac Day/Remembrance Day Art Competition (Kingswood PS only) 

All students are welcome to enter this competition to come up with a design to replace one of the huge images that are on the front of the hall.

Requirements:

1. Must be submitted on an A4 portrait piece of paper

2. Try to include mostly images about the men/women/animals 

3. Colour appropriately, see attached images

4. The due date for both competitions is Monday 19th July. Winning entries may be combined to create one awesome design to be painted by the students and credit given to the designers. Good luck!!