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.

YEAR 6 MOSAIC DESIGNS

Year 6 has been looking at the styles and techniques of mosaic designs throughout history.  From Greece to Europe, Africa, The Middle East and South America, mosaic art has been used to decorate walls, floors, places of worship and palaces. Using pieces of painted canvas students designed their composition, cut the shapes of their tiles and glued them in place.  Once dry the tiles were grouted and the background painted to produce the final work.  Watch this space....there are more stunning pieces to come!

YEAR 5 AUSTRALIAN FLORA AND FAUNA

Year 5 students have been drawing on the right side of their brain.  This technique involves turning a recognisable image upside down to encourage your brain to focus your eyes on the lines and form of the object and in doing so you draw what you "see" rather than what you "know".  The students have also been drawing with black pen on white paper and then white and coloured oil pastels on black paper.  The results speak for themselves!

YEAR 4 SEEDPODS