Hot Air Balloon Portrait

Our hot air balloon self portraits are coming along nicely. We have drawn and painted our balloons with acrylic paint, along with the baskets. We took photos of ourselves ready to position ourselves in the baskets. The canvases have arrived and are awaiting our painting of the sky. Outlining the painted designs with black marker…

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Hot Air Balloon Self Portrait

For our 50th Anniversary Art show next term, each class is presenting one artwork for each student. 5/6J are making hot air balloon self portraits! We will be using photographs of ourselves for the portrait and are going to paint colourful hot air balloons and a sky. Miss B went up in a hot air…

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Kandinsky Abstract Oil Pastels

After studying Kandinsky, we created our own abstract artwork focusing on using lines and shapes. We chose to use oil pastel crayons as they have a thick application and a bright, vivid colour saturation. Those people that finished early got to paint a square for our Kandinsky Mural, photos coming soon!

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Wassily Kandinksy

This term we are creating artworks in the style of Wassily Kandinsky (VAH-see-lee    Kahn-DEEN-skee). Kandinsky LOVED  colour. He was an excellent  musician as  well as an artist.  He thought that  colour and music had a lot in common. He said: “Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many…

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Cacti and Monument Valley

We created a pastel artwork based on the Saguaro Cactus and the rock buttes found in Monument Valley, Utah/Colorado, USA. We thought it would make a great setting for a narrative. We looked at lots of photos for inspiration first, practising our drawing skills. Photo courtesy of en.wikipedia.org Photo courtesy of en.wikipedia.org Photo courtesy of…

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Castles Artworks

Our artwork this term is all about Settings in Narratives. our first setting was a castle. Thank you Deep Space Sparkle for the lesson idea!

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Making Masks – The Highs and the Lows

Finally we can show you the process of Making our Mexican Tona Face Masks. What an adventure! Like all experienced artists, a lot of the creative process is trial and error, and often things just don’t work. We thoroughly enjoyed the clay making process, despite the fact that we had no idea what we were…

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Multicultural Art – ‘Tona Masks’

Masks have been used in many cultures all over the world. People have been using masks in celebrations, religious rituals, performances and for hunting for centuries. Miss B loves finding masks in art galleries and museums around the world, if you get the chance check out the cool ones in the Australian Museum in Canberra.    One of…

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Space Art

Finally!   Here is our space art from Term 3 that we completed with Chalk Pastel. Thanks for the video startwister @ youtube, we used your artwork as our guide!  

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Falling Into Outer Space

  This is a great artwork to try!     On a large piece of paper sketch around your hands and feet.   IF YOU PAPER ISN’T BIG ENOUGH (Like 5/6J found!)  You can just draw your hands and feet on so you can make them smaller!   In between your hands or above them, draw…

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Koi Fish

This term we are working on artworks inspired by the countries of Asia. Our first artwork was of a koi fish. The word koi comes from Japanese, simply meaning “carp”. It includes both the dull grey fish and the brightly coloured varieties. In Japanese, koi is another word that means “affection” or “love”, so koi fish are thus symbols of…

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Chalk Pastel Landscapes

For our last artwork in Term One, we created these ghost gum artworks using chalk pastels. Miss B (who loves using these for her artworks) showed us the different ways to smudge and blend the chalk pastels. They look great!

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Art Sculptures

We have been working so hard on these sculptures! As part of our Science unit of work on Packaging, we had to design and make a package for these kinetic sculptures to sell at Market Day. Here is the video we watched to learn how to make them:     And here are some photographs…

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Two Point Perspective Artworks

Finally! Here are some of our two point perspective artworks. These were a lot trickier and our pages were covered in lines! We hope that they look like the buildings are coming right out at you, what do you think?

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Art Extension Task

If you have finished your other artworks, you may like to try your luck at Three Point Perspective. First of all, watch and copy this tutorial: Then grab some grid paper from Miss B and clip it in place behind some blank paper. Use the grid to try and draw a ‘worm’s eye perspective’ artwork…

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