Year 2 Fingerprint Tree Christmas Card

Students used their fingers as a tool to paint prints to make a colourful tree. They cut this out and displayed it on a A4 background sheet, to complete their Christmas card.

Years 5 & 6 Clipper Ships

Painted with card edges and brushes using tempera and acrylic paints

Years 3 & 4 Monoprint Sailboat & Ocean Liner

Year 1 Warm and Cool Colour Fingerprint Paintings

Years 5 & 6 Tropical Toucans

Using oil pastel and tempera paint

Year 3 Parrots

Using oil pastel and tempera paint

Prep & Prep/1C Colour Wheel Flower

We reviewed primary and secondary colours and students drew concentric circles and petals before painting their flower with tempera paint. The following week students used small brushes and black acrylic paint to outline their colour wheel flower.

Year 1 Near and Far Houses

Students learned about perspective and drew near and far houses with a horizon line. Next they painted their picture with primary and secondary tempera paint colours.

Years 3 & 4 Value Sampler Painting

Students experimented painting from light to dark using tempera paints.

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.

Years 3 & 4 Autumn Leaves

The Autumn Leaves process: Students drew leaves and painted these with tempera paint in warm colours, and the background in cool colours. They experimented by putting salt and rubbing alcohol on the wet paint to achieve interesting effects. Lastly, fine outlines were painted in acrylic.