YEAR 3 Spring Art Exhibition Works in Progress

Year 3 are creating Indigenous Aboriginal inspired artworks, with a twist for the Spring Art Exhibition at school.  The twist is they are also looking at the Sydney artist Joshua Yeldham with his labour intensive drawing of patterns and designs, layering his beautiful, sensitive works with intricate detail resulting in unique depictions of Australian landscape and nature.  These photos are of the first stages of the students works.  They are taking such care and pride in their own creations and I am very much enjoying the whole process.

YEAR 4 TRIPTYCH AUSTRALIAN SEEDPODS

Year 4 has been creating their own version of a triptych.  A triptych is a set of three panels side by side.  The photographs in this post show three types of art along the same theme but I have not photographed the students work as individual triptychs, instead the collective triptychs consist of 

1. A pencil observation drawing, making use of a paper stump 

2. A painting using tint - adding white to a colour and shade - adding black to a colour

3. A black pen drawing using line to denote dimension, light and shade.

The students initially used a viewfinder to draw their focus to a small area of a seed pod and drew this in their visual art diaries.  By practicing this discipline, they were able to focus on form, shape, tone, shade and texture.  I think they have produced amazing artwork, I am so proud of their efforts.