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SAC Art

Operation Art is an initiative of The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in association with the New South Wales Department of Education.

This year, St Andrews College will be entering two artworks due to the changes made by Operation Art.

Students are invited to enter an artwork up to A2 in size (as long as it is flat) in any chosen medium on good quality art paper/materials. The theme of the artwork should be uplifting, inspiring and positive with an aim to brighten the days of children who are currently hospitalised.

Students from Years 7 - 10 are able to enter an artwork individually or collaboratively (up to 4 students).

All artworks submitted to art teachers will be entered in our internal school competition before TWO finalist artworks are selected to represent the school.

Artworks are due to Visual Arts teachers by Week 2 Monday 6th May.

Feel free to speak to any of our lovely Art Teachers to discuss your ideas and receive feedback.

Year 11 Visual Arts Abstract Sculptures

Year 11 Visual Arts students are finalising their artmaking using recycled materials this week. Firstly deconstructing a chosen object, students reimagine their chosen item into an abstract cardboard sculpture. The artwork will be a part of their Collection of Work for this term.

Year 8 Visual Arts
Materials Experimentations

Students in Year 8 have spent this past week planning their composition for their Cubist inspired artwork. Upon completing their drafts, they watched a demonstration in class to learn about different art materials available to them for their artmaking.

Students had the opportunity to rotate between different stations in their classroom, experimenting with an array of materials in their Visual Arts Process Diaries. As they made decisions about what they would like to work with, they tested these materials to become familiar with how they feel and look. Watch this space for their completed artworks soon.

Year 9 Visual Arts Portrait Skills

Through the creation of a self portrait, Year 9 Visual Arts students are learning how to create a realistic portrait drawing using graphite pencils. After creating a value scale and using a range of pencils, students followed the motto - “make the dark, dark and make the light, light” in order to create dimension in their work.

This week students were also introduced to their artmaking task for Unit 1 Archibald Prize. Students will need to consider someone they admire in their life (a parent, family member, teacher or friend) and ask this person to be a sitter for their portrait painting. It is challenging working with portraiture however, it will be exciting to see students develop their painting techniques and portray their chosen sitter in order to convey their identity and personality.