Texture wall with Level 1

Students worked in pairs to create work of different textures using different materials for different effects. They were then instructed to think of words to describe the texture.

Recycled bottle Tawny Frogmouths

Every year we have a family of Tawny Frogmouths that come and nest at our school. To stick with the theme of recycled art the Grade 3 and 4 students made their own Tawny Frogmouths to celebrate their arrival for another year made entirely from recycled plastic bottles and recycled papers. I got the idea from the blog Craftberry Bush you can find her activity here.

Fierce or friendly cats

This idea came from a comment made by one of the Prep teachers that students showed a lack of vocabulary in relation to textures. I thought this would be a good theme for Term 3. We began looking at 'Gregorys Magic Line' and experimented with drawing different types of lines with different mediums. This then led into the activity 'Fierce or Friendly?'

Students studied the way that artists represent cats and how they show their temperament by the types of lines they use to draw them. They then completed an activity where they made a cat surprise where they had to draw clues in the form of lines and marks on the front of a folded piece of paper to show what kind of cat resided inside. They loved the fact that is was a secret and majority of students really grasped the concept and created some amazing lines to describe their cat inside.

Archibald Unit 4 - The Manchibald Prize exhibition

To complete the Level 4 study of the Archibald Prize students chose their best portrait they had created over the term which was then displayed in the 'Manchibald Prize and Exhbition'. This allowed students to learn about displaying work, cropping, framing and hanging art work. The students formed an art committee to organise all aspects of the exhibition which was a great success.

The school community was asked to vote on their favourite artwork.

The winner of the 'Manchibald Prize won a special art pack.

And the winners are .....

Warm and cold bodies

The preps continued their study of colour by creating vibrant and dynamic drawings using the outlines of their own bodies and filling in their bodies using groups of warm and cold colours. They were encouraged to identify warm and cool colours and place them into groups and then complete the drawing with patterns. They had a ball!!

Archibald Prize Unit 3

The third activity for this unit was students completing a charcoal portrait of a call mate using white pencil for highlights and coloured oil pastels for the background. They were inspired by the video by Dillon.

They were encouraged to focus on shadows with an emphasis on shading.

Recycled stamps

Sticking with our theme of recycled art, students made stamps from styrofoam trays and bottle tops and used them to construct Mothers Day cards. Tutorial found here. It was an unexpected success and the students enjoyed being able to make something and use it straight away. They enjoyed this project alot.