Upcoming competitions

Have you considered entering Operation art?  Students may submit artworks up to A2 in size in any chosen medium. (As long as it is flat) They can be in any theme however, we encourage students to create artworks that are uplifting, inspiring and positive. Artworks are due to Visual Arts teachers by Week 11 3rd April. Feel free to speak to any of our lovely Art Teachers to discuss your ideas or get feedback!

Year 7 - Popular Food Drawings

Year 7 artists are currently working on their popular food drawings. Students first added a 3x3 grid to their photographs digitally, which helped guide them when transferring their compositions onto paper, this also helped replicate exact proportions. Year 7 have also recently learnt to blend various hues using burnishing as well as how to apply textural detail within their own art making practice. Students are reminded that layering is very important when colouring. 

Artworks in progress during the transfer stage:

Year 8 - Picasso/Cubist Artworks

Year 8 artists have completed their Picasso/Cubist inspired artworks. Over the last few weeks we have studied Cubism and viewed artworks of Picasso to inspire our own creations, discovering that Cubism consists of fragmentations, subjects conveying multiple perspectives and geometric shapes. Through planning, researching, experimenting and drafting, students have developed their own Cubist artwork choosing either a chair or instrument to explore as their subject matter. 

Year 9 - Self Portraits

Year 9 artists questioned, ‘How can graphite pencils be used to render tone in order to create a realistic portrait?’. Students captured a portrait photograph of themselves, printed and applied a grid onto the photograph to prepare for proportional rendering. Students were challenged to cut their portrait in half in a curved motion, then used methods learnt in class to replicate the other side of their face. Students in our class improved immensely, practising tonal variation, proportion and accurate transfer methods to successfully draw a realistic portrait of themselves. 

Year 11 - Cardboard Sculptures & Still life artworks

Year 11 artists have been extremely busy building their Collection of Works. Students within 200 minutes created a sculpture, 1 metre in height, using only recycled cardboard as their medium depicting a chosen object in abstract formation. 

Students also learnt how to capture a photograph using skills such as composition, shutter speed, depth of field, lighting and various camera angles as well as how to create a contact sheet. 

Just recently artists have completed their still life drawings based on their own reference photos implementing shading, tonal variation and textural application. Students are working hard to complete their collections by week 2 of Term 2. We look forward to showcasing the various works with our audience. 

Mrs Shandel Kemal

Visual Arts Teacher