Visual Art

Foundation

Foundation students read the book 'The Colour Monster' and discussed how colours can make you feel a certain way and how some colours are better suited to some feelings or emotions than others. We talked about the way artists can use colours in their work to make their audience feel a certain way about their art. The students painted several faces in different colours, and glued them on their drawing of a person to portray the different emotions we can feel in a day.

Grade 1 and Grade 2

Students in Grades 1 and 2 explored the work of American artist Bob Sober. He makes high definition photos of different types of bugs. The students learned that these photos are also a type of art and that before photography was invented, specialist artists made detailed drawings and paintings of animals and plants for scientific and educational purposes. Inspired by Bob Sober's work, our students made a multi medium bug artwork. They painted a background in natural environment colours and drew a bug, which they filled with coloured paper in a collage activity.

Grade 3 and Grade 4

Students in Grades 3 and 4 watched the video 'The African Savannah field trip' and focused on the landscape and the types of animals and trees you can find there. They studied sunset skies and painted a sunset background, mixing yellow and red paint, to create different colours and shades. Students drew animals and vegetation on black paper to create silhouettes on their African Savannah Silhouette artwork.

Grade 5 and Grade 6

Winter nights with a full moon can be eerily beautiful, Grade 5 and 6 students tried to capture that eerie beauty in their full moon winter night charcoal drawings. Students experimented with charcoal on how to create different lines and variety in tone and considered the art element composition before they drew their winter night landscape. Students used white pencils or dry pastels to add reflections of the moonlight to their picture.