Pablo Picasso inspired portraits

While learning about realism and surrealism in art this term we have focused on Abstract and Cubism styles. Pablo Picasso has been our feature artist as he represented many of his artworks to look like they are made out of cubes and other geometrical shapes. We explored using shape and abstract style in our own art and we produced our very own original self-portraits.

Observational drawing

We have been learning to observe still-life closely to see the shapes, patterns, colours, shadows, and perspective details more closely. When translating 3D objects to 2D drawings on paper, we practise getting shapes and proportion correct. We have been learning how to show depth with shading, and we have tried different techniques for showing texture and detail.

Our Community Watercolour Art

1-2 EE have been busy creating art works to be a part of a class book. We read a story about an outback school and decided we could make our own book about what was special about our school and our surrounding community. Students sketched their design, and then used sharpie and water colour to add colour. We plan to send our completed book to an outback school in central Queensland to share with some other Grade 1-2 students.