Visual Arts

Communicating with the Specialist Team

We look forward to partnering with you in 2023, and welcome your input:

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

An Overview of our Learning

Design a Pocket Competition

Congratulations to our competition winners. 

Quinn C, Matilda VG, Lucy C, Lily H, and Aemilia W.

We had so many quality entries into our design a pocket competition it truly was hard to pick our winners. The art and science captains picked their favourite designs to be used on the science lab coats. 

Foundation students have continued to explore the element of colour. Our latest project examined colours we associate with emotions. We read 'The Colour Monster' by Anna Llenas, an adorable sotry about a confused monster and his friend who helps him identify and seperate all the colours of his feelings. We practiced making different expressions we make when we're feeling happy, sad, angry, calm, scared and loved along with some others that we sometimes feel. Each student drew their own colour monster and used watercolour paint to express what their monster was feeling with great effect. 

We finished the term with some Easter rabbit cutting and colouring project. These cute rabbits hang out by their ears to create an adorable Easter bunti

In year 1 and 2 we have embraced our imaginations and how anything is possible in the world of art.  Eric Carle showed us that animals can be any colour when you paint them in 'The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse'. This homage to Franz Marc's painting 'The Blue Horse' was the inspiration for our artwork. Year 1 created a painted background with a horizon line and a textured orange piece to collage into an orange elephant. Year 2 created a dream like landscape with colourful sweeping hills and a blue textured page to create a blue horse. This challenging drawing project allows students to push themselves in painting, drawing and cutting.

To finish off the term, students have begun to draw treasure maps. This project was loved by all. Full of imagination and ideas of jungles, pirates, sea monsters and castles this is an opportunity to go dream up a crazy adventure. 

Year 3 and 4 have been using their painted paper resource to design flowers and a floral arrangement inspired by Margaret Preston's wood block prints. This project tests their drawing and cutting skills as well as their composition skills to create an artwork that is balanced and eye catching. 

A selection of finished pieces have gone up on display outside the art room, so make sure you come past and check them out in person. The students have done a fantastic job.

Year 5 and 6 have done such incredible work on the camouflage mask project that I couldn't help but post a few more photos. This week we have progressed to colour! Our water colour experiments are a warm up to our next artwork, watercolour chameleons. Students have experimented with blending, drawing, blowing, sprinkling, painting, dripping and spraying to create a variety of effects they will use in the coming weeks. 

Most students have now made a start on the chameleon itself, drawing the outline and beginning to add colour in a variety of ways using liquid watercolour paint. This medium allows for an incredibly vibrant work, especially on our beautiful watercolour paper. They are already looking incredible.