Transient Art

In Exploration Galaxy, students have had the opportunity to explore transient art experiences. Transient art allows students to explore and experiment with different materials. With the materials being moveable, students can use their imagination to think of ideas and change them when needed. Students used a variety of loose parts, such as, beach glass, felt balls, gems, curtain rings and small crocheted doylies to create these beautiful pieces of art.

Monet Inspired Art

We have been learning about Claude Monet. Students have each made two different artworks inspired by his work.

Students focused on drawing the Japanese bridge and water garden. They used oil pastels and coloured dye for the cool colours of the water, plants and the tree reflections.

Students focused on using different textures to create the lily pads. Firstly, students used blue dye to create the water background to which they added salt to make a ripple effect. Next, students used two different coloured tissue papers to make the lily pads, then students painted a piece of paper using a fork to make patterns to add texture to the lily leaves. A template was used to make the lilies and students carefully bent each leaf to make the lilies pop out from the page. Students glued it all together and scrunched tissue paper to create the inside of the lily.

Wombat Art

As a class we have been looking into texture and different ways to create this in our artwork. After reading the ‘Diary of a Wombat’ book by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley, we decided to create the wombat from the story. Firstly, students outlined the wombat in pencil and used crayon to do the wombats eyes and mouth area. Brushes and brown paint were used to colour their wombats. Plastic forks were then used to create the look of fur on the wombats. When the paint was dry, students used a black marker to outline their wombat to make their wombat stand out.

Owls

During Exploration Galaxy, the Preps participated in a guided Art lesson to create these beautiful owls. The students drew the outline of their owl in pencil. They then carefully traced over the outline with a black Sharpie. The owls were then painted using coloured dye. 

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