Art with Jacinta

The Year 5 & 6 students created these Great Wave paintings. This is one of my favourite units for the senior students! They looked at Japanese artist, Katsushika Hokusai’s ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’ woodblock print. They identified and analysed the dominant art elements and principles present in Hokusai’s famous artwork, and discussed how they were effective. The students produced two Great Wave paintings of their own. For the first artwork, the students were required to keep one element the same from Hokusai’s Great Wave artwork, and then add in an entirely new element or concept. For the second painting the students used the subject matter and compositing of Hokusai’s Great Wave artwork. They then used iPads to research various art styles and movements, applying them to their own artwork. Some popular choices were Pop Art and Impressionism.

Decorative Japanese inspired cherry blossom scrolls by the Year 5 and 6 artists. 

Progression photos of the Term 2 Leftover Paint Project...

The Left Over Paint Project has been going on since the first week of Term 1. At the end of each Art class, if students had any leftover paint on their pallets (that wasn't worth saving/ or needed for other classes throughout the day) they were given the opportunity to paint it on this collaborative canvas. As grades came in for their Art lesson each week, they were all keen to see the development of the Left Over Paint Project. There were lots of great discussions occurring during the evolution of this project; in particular about the art elements of colour and texture. Students said it was very interesting (and fun!) seeing the project develop over the term. If you see any shimmery gold and silver paint on the canvas - that would be from the Grade 6 artists' Stuffing Monsters project. If you see lots of warm colours on the canvas (reds, yellows, oranges) this would be from the Grade 1/2 artists' Sunset Silhouette artworks. If you see lots of green tones, then that wou...

The Planning & Designing Stage... This stage The Painting Stage... The Sewing Stage... The Stuffing Stage... The Reflecting & Presenting Stage...