Year 4 Indonesian inspired masks

Our Year 4's have been studying Indonesia, its culture and customs.  These very artistic and talented students have created these amazing masks.  They painstakingly worked on their designs on paper and then transferred the design to their masks, marking out the black lines first.  They all chose their own colour combinations and the results show not only artistic talent but a great sense of colour as well.  Congratulations we are so proud of you all!

Year 5 Operation Art workshop

Today it was Year 5's turn.  The students created their amazingly beautiful backgrounds by dabbing edicol dye onto their page.  Then they used very watered down acrylic paint to blot in parts of the background.  Their vibrant, lively fish were painted with gouache and fine details drawn in with black pen.  I love how they have achieved movement and 3 dimensional fish.  Congratulations!

Year 6 Operation Artworks

Ten Year 6 students participated in a day long workshop to create these beautiful images of Chinese lanterns.  The students started with working drawings on paper to learn how to blend gouache.  Then they experimented with their backgrounds where they incorporated oil pastel with a wash over it.  Once their  lanterns were dry they used black pen marker and posca pens to add detail to their lanterns.  I am very proud of the work they produced.  Their beautiful lanterns have light, dimension, shape and design.  They were thrilled with the results, as they should be.  Congratulations year 6, they are stunning!