Art Term 2

This term we will be creating a portrait in the style of the RENAISSANCE. The Renaissance was a  cultural movement that lasted from the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. What do we already know about artists from the Renaissance?…

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Picasso Faces

Finally it’s uploaded! Here is the movie that we showed at our Assembly a few weeks ago, where we showcased our fabulous Picasso faces. Click here to read our previous post about Picasso, and about our next artwork, Groovy Picasso guitars. Click here to read our accompanying facts and information!

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Wrapping up our Landscape Art

Here are the artworks that we created in the last week of last term. We moved from using chalks, pencil and charcoal to using paint. Following another fabulous youtube video, we attempted to create a Misty Forest Landscape. The techniques we used were laying the trees from light to dark, then adding shadow to create…

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Pop Art Andy Warhol Portraits

After studying some artworks by famous artist Andy Warhol, 5/6J created their own portraits. Pop art was an art movement in the sixties where artists portrayed popular culture. Warhol produced artworks on famous people, such as Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, as well as depicting everyday famous products, such as Campbell’s soup. We used a…

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