Howard Arkley inspired Houses

Kindergarten created bright houses in the style of Australian artist, Howard Arkley. Kindy also looked at the following interactive game online: 
Howard Arkley interactive

Rainbow Serpents

Underwater Self-Portraits

In the beginning of Term 4, Year 2 participate in a 2 week Swimming Program. Back at school, they were very excited to share their swimming experiences. So fitting in with their recent experiences, Year 2 drew Underwater Self-portraits. 
The idea was also inspired by another popular art blog, useyourcolouredpencils.
To begin, Year 2 looked at pictures of people swimming and discussed what physical changes happen underwater, For example, our hair goes wavy, our cheeks get puffy, we open our eyes wider to see.
Students used mirrors to assist in sketching their "underwater faces" and included items such as goggles, flippers and rash vests in their drawing.
After this, year 2 used oil pastels to colour their self-portraits and added ripples in the background with white pastel.
Finally, watercolour paint was added and the artwork was glued onto our bubble frames which we made by printing with old glue sticks and white paint.
They did a fantastic job! Well done Year 2!

K-6B love the beach!

Zentangle Landscapes with Gold

What is a Zentangle?

A Zentangle is an abstract drawing created using repetitive patterns. It is often black and white and is extremely detailed. 

Year 5 created Zentangle landscapes showing layers of earth. Inside the different layers they added pieces of metallic paper to show minerals and gold under the earth.

Dots

Kindergarten have been learning about Dot painting in art, from traditional Aboriginal painting, Pointillism and Pop Art. We read the book The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds and watched the animation on YouTube. 

Kindy have been doing their own dot pictures using a lot of bright colours, including primary and secondary colours, and using different materials to make dots.

 

 

Kindy also painted the negative space of a dot with watercolours. We used paper plates to leave the dot area white.

             

Summer Snowmen

An Australian spin on the traditional snowman.