Chalk Pastel Cottages

It’s time for the first artwork of 2022! This term 6B is learning about life in Australia in the 1800s! Our first artwork will be a colonial cottage in chalk pastels. Miss B loves chalk pastels, see her work here. Check out these ‘rustic’ cottages and huts. This is what most people lived in in…

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Holiday Drawing

Hi Everyone, So many of you love to draw, so I thought I would post some links and videos to help with your drawings! Firstly, how to draw animals! Everyone loes different animals, so here is a website where you can follow directions to draw all sorts of animals.   My favourite animals are flamingos…

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Haunted Houses on Black Paper!

Hey 3/4J, Check out these haunted house artworks! Stu Shepherd is an American aviation artist whose work has been featured on the boxes of aeroplane model kits. Haunted Houses are a great setting for suspenseful stories. But they can be tricky to draw!   Here’s an easy artwork we can do! Thanks to the teachers…

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Henri Rousseau and the Jungle

Henri Rousseau was a famous artist from France who painted artworks in the late 1800s and early 1900s. He is known for his whimsical gardens, jungles and animal scenes. 3/4J love animals so what a great artist to study! “Surprise! Tiger in a Tropical Storm” 1891 (Surpris! tigre dans une tempête tropicale) “The Hungry Lion Throws…

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Chengdu the Panda

Look at this book about Chengdu the Panda, who would not, could not fall asleep! Chengu is actually a city in China. It is also the home of a panda sanctuary. Miss B visited China, Chengdu and the Panda Sanctuary back in 2014. They are amazing animals, so cute and cuddly looking. The sanctuary even…

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Chameleons are cool

This week’s animal of the week is the Chameleon! Chameleons are cool! Well … says this book by Martin Jenkins.   One artwork we can try is a watercolour Chameleon. Did you know the artworks in the book are all watercolours? Thanks to Deep Space Sparkle for the lesson inspiration!   The first step will…

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Thirty-Six Views of Mt Fuji

This majestic Mountain is Mt Fuji. Where in the world is it located?   It’s in Japan! And its not far from the capital city, Tokyo.   A very famous Japanese artist called Katsushika Hokusai, like Mt Fuji so much he painted it 36 times! This series of artworks is called  (The-Art-Curator-for-Kids-Art-Spotlight-Hokusais-Thirty-Six-Views-of-Mount-Fuji-1qye1mg) and each artwork also…

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Hot and Cold Sun and Moon Artwork

This term 3/4J are learning about the Earth, Moon and Sun in our Solar System. So we are going to do some Outer Space themed artworks too! Our first artwork is of a hot and cold sun and moon. But what does that mean? Read on to find out! Firstly, does anyone know what this…

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Dinosaur Art

This term 3/4J will be creating artworks to do with Dinosaurs! I know, I know, everyone’s favourite topic. Dinosaur art, or Paleo-art as it is known, is really hard. Why do you think it is hard for artists? Why is it harder than artworks of wild animals or pets? There are many paeleo-artists around the…

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The Great Wave – Watercolour

As part of our topic this term of ‘Living with the Earth’ we have been talking about Tsunamis, espeically those that have affected the Asian region and countries like Indonesia and Japan. People often associate Japan and Tsunamis with this famous painting: The Great Wave off Kanagawa is a woodblock print by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusa. It…

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Landscape Desert Painting

Learning Intention: We Are Learning To (WALT): – Blend warm and cool colours together – Lighten and darken colours using white and black Success Criteria: What I’m Looking For (WILF): – Edges of colours blurred together – Smooth blending of brush strokes – One colour to show silhouettes Many artists use oil paints to create artworks….

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Art Term 3 – Perspective

Learning Intention: To create a landscape that uses one point perspective as a way to show depth in an artwork. Artists use perspective to show depth in their artworks. There is three types of perspective, one point, two point and three point perspective. One point perspective was first seen in many artworks from the Renaissance….

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