Year 5 Weaving Frame

Students were challenged with this project to create a weaving loom on a cardboard frame by threading yarn onto it, and then weaving fabric strips in a pattern. The frame was painted with a food dye wash. Fantastic work!

Years 5 & 6 Cityscape Monoprint

Students first painted their background in a dye wash. The following week they painted their buildings on the top half of the paper and then folded it to achieve a print. It was a tricky process getting the paint at just the right consistency with the correct amount of water to achieve a print. Students persevered with wonderful results!

Year 1 Abstract Cubism Fish

Students first drew their abstract cubism fish after briefly looking and discussing Paul Klee's Sinbad and the Sailor painting, which uses Picasso based abstract cubism principles. We reviewed which colours are warm and cool on the colour wheel. Next they used acrylic paint in warm colours to paint their fish and then cool colour food dye wash with white oil pastel resist lines for the background.

Year 4 No-brush Butterfly

Students used sponges only and texture tools to paint their butterfly on a background of food dye wash.

Year 3 No-brush 3D Butterfly

Students used sponges only and texture tools to paint their butterfly. Next they cut out the butterfly and mounted it on their food dye wash background for a 3D effect.

Year 2 Abstract Cubism Bird

The Cubism Bird process: After a discussion about abstract/cubism painting, Year 2 students drew a cubism bird or animal with oil pastel and then painted it using the double-loading technique with white and either two warm or two cool colours, blending to see how many tints they could make on their bird. In week 2 they drew white pastel lines on a background paper and painted a warm or cool colour wash on top. The following week students cut out their bird and glued it onto their background, also adding straight lines on the bird's body. Now on show in the Main Building corridor.

Prep & Prep/1 C Fine Motor Skills: Multi Media Shapes Picture

First we discussed primary and secondary colours and looked at a short Colour Wheel video. Students outlined their shapes with oil pastel and painted these with primary colour acrylic. The following week, a secondary colour wash was added to the background. Lastly students outlined their shapes again with oil pastel. We discussed how the shapes were not painted perfectly, and that this is okay and that sometimes happens in art. This provided an easy introduction to abstract art and we looked at the book I Spy Two Eyes and compared abstract art to "real life" art.

Year 1 Fantastic Frogs

The Fantastic Frog process: First we read a book together about the life-cycle of frogs. Students then followed a directed line drawing lesson using oil pastels. Lastly, they painted their picture with a food dye wash and named their frog. You can view some of these frogs this term in the library!