The Great Wave

Year 4 have created artworks in the style of Hokusai's "The Great Wave."

The students drew the wave with black markers, then used blue watercolour paints (Cool colours) to the water.

Next the students painted their sky, mountain and any boats using orange and brown watercolours (warm colours).

Finally, Year 4 used white acrylic paint to paint foam and sea spray.

As a challenge activity when finished, some students signed their name in Japanese in the top left corner.

They look absolutely fantastic! Well done Year 4!

Colour Wheel Trees inspired by Gustav Klimt.

In Art with Miss Nixon, we learnt:

Why the colour wheel is important, we also learnt to draw trees, how to use the colour wheel, we learnt about negative space and to use chalk pastels.

We learnt that when you smudge chalk pastels the picture doesn't disappear.

We learnt that using hair spray makes the chalk pastels stay on.

We learnt that using black oil pastels for trees makes the other colours stand out. 

We learnt the artist Gustav Klimt used swirls on many of his pictures and paintings.

We also learnt that half of the colour wheel is warm (yellow, orange and red), the other half (green, blue and purple) are the cool colours.

From 3W

Notan

Nōtan 濃淡 is a Japanese style of art where light and dark are side by side.
The artwork must be balanced, which means that black and white are used equally. The artworks are always symmetrical.

Inky Trees

Year 3 drew the beautiful, big trees in our school playground using ink and sticks. That's right, sticks. No brushes for us! Year 3 loved using different materials for drawing and their artworks look amazing!

Fantasy Flowers

Students designed fantasy flowers, beautiful vases and a border using pen. Then they added watercolour paints, using a maximum of 2 colours.

Trees

Year 3 and 4 used masking tape to create Australian Gum Trees. Students used pastels and watercolour paints to add details. The focus was on the trunks rather than the leaves to give the illusion that you were walking through the national park.

Lesson 1

1. Rip pieces of masking tape - stick on art shirt for safe keeping and to lose stickiness.

2. Place tape on art paper, starting from the top. Leave space at the bottom.

3. Add smaller pieces of tape to create branches.

4. Outline with black pastel, add shadows, add horizon.

 Lesson 2
1. Paint sky using water colours. Must blend a minimum of 3 colours together to create the look of a sunrise, sunset or bushfire.
2. Paint foreground /add any other details.
3. Allow to dry.

Lesson 3

1. CAREFULLY peel off tape, reveling gum trees underneath.

2. Smudge finger along one side of tree, dragging pastel in to create a 3D look. 

3. Add lines and knots to look like tree trunks.

 

They look great! Well done Year 4!

Sunflowers

 

 

Year 3 have been observing the vibrant work of Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh. We looked at the way he applied the paint, the colours he used and his subject matter.

Vincent Van Gogh loved painting his home and life in his local village.
He loved painting so much that he painted over 800 artworks in his life but he only ever sold one!
Now he is one of the most famous artists in the world and has his very own museum in Amsterdam.

Vincent painted his sunflowers as gift for a friend who was coming to visit and to experiment with colours.
He also painted with thick, fat brushstrokes so you can see the paint on the canvas.

How to paint Sunflowers in the style of Vincent Van Gogh.

1. Sketch flowers with brown pastels
2. Paint background
3. Paint vase
4. Paint stems and leaves
5. Paint flowers using different yellows.
6. Sign name on vase.