Beautiful Art from Strathmore PS

ART News!

Students are continuing to work on their Drawing units this term.

Foundation students have been drawing and painting their self portraits and are about to create the background using lots of coloured paint! This time, they will be painting without using a paint brush! How crazy is that??!! Students have been creating textures in their painted backgrounds using different utensils to carve into the paint. I can’t wait to see their portraits once they are assembled!

Grade One and Two students are continuing to work on their koala faces. Some are painting backgrounds with leaves and branches, some are creating collages using the painted paper created in previous lessons, and some will make 3D koala heads attached to a 3D branch with gum leaves.

Grade Three and Four students have been experimenting with chalk pastels to create a drawing of a koala in its habitat. The results have been absolutely fantastic and I can’t wait for you to see them! Meanwhile here is a sneaky peek…! (refer to photos)

Grade Five and Six students continue to study Australian Flora and Fauna. After a few weeks of experimenting with oil pastels, drawing still life and learning about tertiary colours, students will begin to create their masterpieces inspired by Margaret Preston and Nicola Woodcock.

Also…..don’t forget to try to visit the NGV for the Haring/Basquait exhibition!!

A Welcome From Our Art Teacher

Hello! My name is Sandra Damoulakis and I teach Visual Art to every student in the school! I love teaching Art and helping all my students be creative. I love all kinds of Art but my favourite artist is Frida Kahlo.

You might notice that I have lots of Frida Kahlo things like my phone cover, shopping bag, earrings and even my car air freshener is of Frida Kahlo! I love going camping, seeing bands, having meals with friends and hanging out with my husband and two children.

I can’t wait to get messy in the art room with you this year, it’s going to be lots of fun!!

Specialist Showcase

What a wonderful night we celebrated on a great evening. There was a buzz in the school with the anticipation of the first Specialist Showcase.

The food trucks after school and the BBQ were a hit as was the environmental stall. Congratulations to all students who have produced fantastic artwork which was on display in the stadium.

It was a truly amazing sight to see the beautiful artwork. Then the students’ talents were on display again with the amazing performances. We touched on the Italian language program with Foundation students singing and with the opening to the show. Some Grade Five and Six students also showcased their language skills when sharing their written description of outfits with a fashion parade!

The evening also showcased the fantastic musical performances from every class in the school. What an amazing effort to put on such great singing and musical performances! They were so entertaining and had everyone singing along!

What a memorable evening! Congratulations to all involved!

The specialist team

Strathmore Specialist Showcase

Full Steam Ahead to the Specialist Showcase!

With the Specialist Showcase only two weeks away, students are still going….. full steam ahead!

Grade 2 students have just finished embellishing their Chinese pagoda collages and they are incredibly impressive.

Foundation and Year One students have been engaged in the ‘Dotty World of Yayoi Kusama’ and have been creating 2D and 3D pumpkins with lots and lots of dots. It’s certainly been a lot of fun and a chance to experiment with our new ink daubers that make the perfect dot shape.

We can’t wait for you to see it all soon!

Clay Play in the Art Room!

This Art this term students are learning about ‘Clay’ and have been having lots of fun exploring this medium. Who would have thought that penne pasta could make such pretty pattern in a slab of clay? Or that Grandma’s old doilies could create such a beautiful texture?

Junior students are getting the hang of rolling the clay into a slab that has the thickness of a ‘choc chip cookie’ (or any cookie you like really!) and using different implements to create patterns in the clay.

Senior students have also had fun learning the ‘Slip, Score and Smooth’ method to attach two bits of clay together.

We have also had the opportunity to test out our clay sink which is a new addition to the art room and makes cleaning up a whole lot easier!!

We hope you aren’t hungry in the art room!

It has been great to see lots of projects reach their final stages upon our return to school this term. American pop artists – Wayne Thiebaud and Peter Anton, have inspired the students to make scrumptious looking cakes and delectable doughnuts!

Foundation students are completing their warm and cool collage cupcakes and they look good enough to eat!

Year 1 students have coloured their Matryoshka clay pieces and they are looking absolutely gorgeous!

The Year 2’s have finished decorating and glazing their colourful three dimensional doughnuts as well as creating a collage doughnut art work that included lots of printing, collage and painting techniques.

The year 3’s have placed the cherry on top of their clay sundaes and we can’t wait for you all to see the spectacular art work at our Specialist Showcase.

Grade 4 students have just put the finishing touches on their plaster ‘Sculpt It’ slices of cake and are now learning about goal setting through creating the Chinese ‘Daruma’ doll.

Completing their bento and nichos boxes has been the focus upon returning to school this term for the grade 5/6 students. They have put in such a great effort and I am so proud of the work they have produced.

You can also keep up to date with what is happening in the art room on Instagram by following @talesofaprimaryartteacher.