Year 12 Visual Arts

SAC HSC students are fast approaching the halfway point in their HSC Visual Arts journey. With the Body of Work due date being in Term 3 (28th August), the HSC class are busily working towards their goal of completing at least 50% of their Body of Work. This year students are exploring a number of different mediums for their artworks, from sculpture to digital art to traditional painting; it is exciting to see students bring their concepts to life. 

In their critical and historical studies, students have finished studying their second case study. Students consolidated their understanding of the Pop Art art movement by making historical links and art making practice. Students were thoroughly engaged by using a hexagonal organiser to create their “beehives” to organise their information. We look forward to starting our third case study focusing on self and cultural identity through the study of contemporary Chinese artists.

Students will participate in a Work in Progress Night for their Body of Work in Week 5 Term 2, where they will receive feedback for their work by teachers external to the College. Watch this space for more information.

Year 8 Focus Artist: Georgia O’Keeffe

As our Year 8 students approach the end of Term 1, we are nearly at the end of our historical journey on Modernist art movements. Students will finish their unit of study with Surrealism. 

Last week, students engaged in learning about abstraction in art. Our focus artist for the week was American artist Georgia O’Keeffe who is most well known for her paintings of New York City and abstract flowers. After learning about the artist, students were introduced to digital art in order to abstract images of flowers. By using an online editing program (Pixlr), students learnt different methods of creating abstraction.