SAC Art

Year 7 - Animals of World Heritage Sites 

Year 7 students have begun their oil pastel artworks which explore the animals of the Daintree Rainforest or Great Barrier Reef. We have seen a remarkable amount of talent across the grade. Students have used the grid method, a numeracy technique used in Visual Arts to enlarge an image onto paper and accurately sketch. 

Our students then used oil pastels and employed numerous techniques learnt in class to complete their artwork. Below you will find the artworks of Viliami Tu’ipuloto ‘Clown Fish’, Jeremiah Owusu ‘Manta Ray’, Angeline Rentoy ‘Jellyfish’ and Sleiman Awkar ‘Shark’.

Year 8 - Mombasa style Paintings

Year 8 Visual Arts students have been exploring the artist Reg Mombassa. Mombassa is a New Zealand born artist, residing in Australia. He is best known for his work with Mambo graphics designing T-shirts and Posters since 1986. Our students designed a Mombassa style poster based on the theme of Australia. Last semester we explored bushfires, floods and the struggles that our nature faces each year. This semester we have decided to lighten the mood and have explored icons of Australian culture such as Luna Park, Australian foods and the Sydney Harbour. 

Below you will see the work in progress from 8VISAC.

Year 9 - Poetic Landscapes - Ceramics unit

Following on from last fortnights newsletter, I would like to share with you the work of 9VISA2 in their unit poetic landscapes. A variety of designs were created and executed by our Year 9 students with the expert advice of Rebecca Verpoorten Laws. 

Below is the work of Ana Donjerkovic ‘Shell’, Amelia Korczowski ‘Mushroom field’ and Cryztle Espino ‘Koi Fish’

The first season of Seize the clay, Pottery club has come to an end. 

Initially Seize the Clay was set to run for 10 weeks, however, students had so much fun, constantly asking when the next round would start so they could apply again. As a result,  I extended the session by a further 5 weeks. Allowing students to explore a larger variety of techniques and forms in the medium of ceramics. We have learnt so much and have made a variety of ceramic pieces including, ghosts, mushrooms, pots, mugs and more.

Below are some of the finished pieces from Pottery club. To see the rest, please come and join us in Week 8 at the annual End of year Visual Arts Junior Showcase. This will be held on the 27th of November, 2023 at 3:00 - 4:00pm. 

Mrs Tiana Psaila

Visual Arts Teacher