From the Leader of Learning Visual Arts
SACART WEEK 4
Operation Art
A reminder to students that Operation Art entries are due to Visual Arts Teachers by Week 9 Monday 28th March. Information regarding this initiative has also been posted on Compass and year group Google Classrooms. Students may also see their Visual Arts teachers for more information. (Mrs Harris, Mrs Kemal or Miss Rivera)
7VAH
Students in 7VAH began their popular culture inspired food artworks last week. After taking photographs in class and learning about composition, basic lighting and angles; they confidently turned their photographs into realistic drawings for their upcoming assessment task. We look forward to sharing their finished artworks with our community later this term.
Year 9 Visual Arts - The Archibald Prize
Year 9 students completed their first mini artmaking activity last week. Students learnt about the application of tone when working with graphite pencils. After creating a value scale, students used their reference photo to create a self portrait drawing. The challenge is to demonstrate competence in the application of tone by matching their drawing to the reference photograph. It is pleasing to see their finished artworks as they now embark on research for their upcoming assessment task. Look out for our very own St Andrews Archibald soon!
Year 11 Visual Arts
To challenge Year 11 Visual Arts students, they have been asked to choose an object as the basis of their artmaking task for ‘Unit 1: Artists and the World’. In class, students brainstormed the functions and aesthetics of their chosen object. This will form the basis of a Collection of Work to be submitted at the conclusion of the unit. Students will be working with many art forms in order to investigate different ways of artmaking in preparation for their Year 12 Body of Work. To start off, students are currently working on a realistic object study drawing along with an abstract cardboard sculpture. In order to do this, students must deconstruct their object and reconstruct it again by reimagining its characteristics and functions in an abstract manner. We look forward to updating the SAC community with the progress of their Collection of Works in the weeks to come.
Mrs Claudia Harris
Leader of Learning - Visual Arts
Year 7 ‘Ways of Seeing’ Pop Culture
Year 7 students have been learning about Popular Culture and the trends over various time periods. Students were asked to bring in one popular packaged food Item, of which they would Photograph using clever composition, ‘Rule of Thirds’, consideration of lighting and basic editing skills. We also practised a popular artist transfer method called the ‘Grid method’, which ensures their work is proportional and guides them when outlining and colouring. Year 7 students in the upcoming weeks will learn how to utilise various colour pencil techniques such as; blending of hues, tonal variation and burnishing which will then be applied to their realistic colour pencil artwork.
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| Aiden Battikha (7VAE) | Eamon Dizon (7VAE) | Xavier Laupama (7VAE) |
Year 8 - Shock of the New
Year 8 students have delved into the world of Abstraction; with an artist focus on Wassily Kandinsky. A mixture of studying the shift from Traditional art to Modern art has allowed students to recognise shifting attitudes, experimentation and the reactions of audiences to changes in art. They engaged in various art making activities, most recently, creating Kandinsky style artworks allowing them to draw upon their imagination and curiosity. Students learnt that Abstraction has no centre of focus and centralises upon elements of line, shape, composition and colour. Mini artmaking tasks included creating an abstract sneaker, grid layering, music visualisation and Roll-a-Kandinsky. Engaging in a range of activities allowed students to be exposed to a variety of art making methods and techniques.
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| Micaela Sibucao (8VAH) | Jacob Sammut (8VAH) | James Ilagan (Top) & James Layoun (Bottom) (8VAG) |
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| Layla Sanchez (8VAG) | Paul Sewiha (8VAH) | Airabelle Quiazon (8VAH) |
Ms Rivera
Visual Arts Teacher