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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Wattle Artwork

3/4J are off to Scenic World in a few weeks! Along with riding the Scenic Railway and the Scenic Cableway, we will be walking along the Scenic Walkway seeing lots of Australia’s native flora and fauna. Let’s familiarise ourselves with some native plants before we leave!   Golden Wattle is Australia’s national flower. The Golden…

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Paul Klee Castles

Continuing our theme of artworks based on Houses and Homes, 3/4J are going to complete an artwork of a castle in the style of Paul Klee (Pronounced clay).   WALT I can create a castle in the style of Paul Klee I can use watercolour paints in warm and cool colours WILF I can draw…

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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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Take the Train to Harlem

Our new novel this term “The Vanderbeekers of 141st St” is set in Harlem, New York City in a Brownstone building. We are studying different types of homes and houses, like the Brownstones of NYC.   For art in Term 3, 2019, we are creating artworks of buildings and houses! Our first artwork is inspired…

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The Great Wave Watercolour

Continuing our theme of art of Japan and looking at the Great Wave by Hokusai, our next artwork will be a watercolour.   This drawing is broken up into three sections: Foreground (first two waves) Middle Ground (main wave) Background (horizon line and Mt. Fuji) The biggest wave should extend almost to the top of…

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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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Oil Pastel Rockets

It’s time for another fantastic Space art work. This time, 3/4J are going to create a simple rocket drawing and use oil pastels to colour it. Add a black background, some stars and voila! We have a outer space artwork as good as James Hill, science fiction artist.   WALT CREATE A ROCKET LANDSCAPE   WILF…

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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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The Flying Dutchman Artwork

We have really enjoyed learning about the legend of The Flying Dutchman ghost ship. 3/4J are going to create a whimsical artwork of this well known boat!   WALT create a whimsical artwork using collage/ drawing WILF: Correctly drawn and cut clouds that are not too small WILF: Soft blending of chalk pastels WILF: Neat…

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Pirate Ships!

Our first artwork of a ship this term, coinciding with our ghost ships unit is a pirate ship! We will be creating a tall ship, with masts, sails and a hull. Maybe we will see some brigantines? Let’s see what’s involved! And let’s look at some pirate ship art for inspiration.

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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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Picasso Faces

Last Term with Mrs Smith we created a collage face in the style of Pablo Picasso.   The bright paper really makes these stand out!   Leave us a comment and let us know what you think.          

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Chalk Pastel Owls

This term we are learning a to use a new medium in art – Chalk Pastels. Medium means the materials you use to create your artwork. Miss B loves using chalk pastels – check out her work!                 Our first work will be of an owl. Click here to see…

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