Students in Year 6 looked at the rocket paintings of Peter Thorpe which include abstract outer space backgrounds with a rocket, as inspiration to create their own artwork. Thorpe, based in North Carolina, USA has always had an interest in space exploration and space science. My students looked through his website to see the variation … Continue reading Abstract Outer Space scene inspired by Peter Thorpe ~ Year 5-6
This project complemented the classroom topic of Geography, exploring topography and contour lines of hills and mountains on maps, to then make a 3D model from cardboard or foam. I gave the students the choice of cardboard from boxes, Styrofoam in thick and thin sheets, or coloured foam sheeting. I had so much Styrofoam in … Continue reading Topographic Models~ Year 5
Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama has always had a passion for flowers, nature and the cosmos and has been creating paintings, sculptures, installations, fashion and photography for decades. I presented images of her large flower sculptures from various exhibitions and installations around the world, including 'Flowers that Bloom in the Cosmos' at the NSW Art Gallery … Continue reading Flower sculptures inspired by Yayoi Kusama ~ Year 6
For this art project Year 5 looked at the art of Bernadette Twomey based in Brisbane, Australia. Her artworks feature bold colours and abstract botanical shapes in different colour palettes. Students could choose their own colour scheme from cool to warm to earthy to a combination. They viewed a selection of Bernadette Twomey's artwork to … Continue reading Beautiful Botanicals ~ Yr 5-6
I introduced Year 6 to Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama and her prolific art and obsession with dots. She grew up on her parent's seed nursery surrounded by flowers, plants and even pumpkins. I shared this video about how Kusama became an artist and expressed herself through her drawings, paintings, sculptures and installations, fashion, performance art … Continue reading Dotty Flowers~ Yayoi Kusama inspired – Year 5-6
There are so many artists that do still life of fruit and vegetables, but I often like to introduce the students to Australian artists. These fruit / vegetable still life were inspired by Lucy Culliton from New South Wales who paints landscapes and portraits as well. I found some artworks she did from the early … Continue reading Fruit on a plate~Still life ~ Year 5
You can only love the fun and zany art of Joel Moore, aka Mulga. ( @mulgatheartist ) His characters and scenery are bright and imaginative. We looked at his mural of fruit characters that he did in a shopping centre in Sydney as well as his process of drawing, colouring and outlining his pictures through … Continue reading Fruit & Vegetable Characters: Mulga (Joel Moore) style ~ Yr 5-6
Once I worked how to do a reverse acetate portrait, I got Year 5/6's to do one; the Year 6's were displayed at Graduation. This is a relatively easy process and in most cases successful! Win-win! Students were photographed to include head and shoulders to the chest, and printed out in black and white on … Continue reading Reverse Acetate Portraits ~ Year 5-6 Art lesson
Melbourne artist John Kelly is well known for his many cow sculptures and paintings, but they are rather intriguing because they are a boxy shape and have an elongated neck and small head. It is not until you find out the back story for these strange bovines that they make sense. His inspiration came from … Continue reading Milk Bottle Cows- John Kelly inspired ~ Year 5/6 art lesson
