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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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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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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Van Gogh’s Bedroom Perspective

Some artworks and artists use  PERSPECTIVE. A very common type of perspective is one point perspective.   Its when the eye is drawn to a point on the horizon. Like this!     The use of perspective lines can be seen in Van Gogh’s “Bedroom at Arles” painting. Objects closer to the front of the…

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Introducing Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh was a famous artist who was born in The Netherlands. He is one of Miss B’s favourite artists. He lived a very long time ago. Click here to read more about him.   Can you see some Van Gogh artworks around the classroom?         This term we are creating…

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Bottle Still Life

Last term we completed 3 still life artworks. Our second one was a still life using chalk pastels to create different coloured glass bottles. We did them in really bright colours and use white chalk to make them look see through.They really pop against the black background! What do you think of our bottles?

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Desert Sunset Landscapes

Last term we completes a range of artworks to do with the desert. We learnt how to make tints, tone and shades with acrylic paints and used this knowledge to create a silhouette of various cacti against a desert sunset. Check them out!  

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Jackson Pollock Marble Art

Here is our marble art we created earlier in the term, based on the art of Jackson Pollock.    We used marbles in our tote trays to make these abstract expressionist pieces! Make an online expressionist drip painting here! Why don’t you leave us a comment and tell us what the pictures remind you of? …

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Watercolours and Salt

Watercolour is a very popular medium for artists to use. There are so many techniques that you can use with watercolours to create different effects. Such as these shown below:   There are different types of water colour, tube paint that you mix with water and dried powder that you mix with water. This week…

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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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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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