Art News
After an absence during Week 6 & 7, I was very impressed with the effort made by all the boys in Art. I could tell that the boys had worked really well and put in lots of hard work, showing they are principled students. A special thank you also to all the parent helpers who came along and assisted Ms Flugge during the art classes. I always gain lots of inspiration when I am in new and different environments and I did have an opportunity to source amazing arts ideas.
There are many big arts projects coming together as we near the end of term.
Year 1 - Creating their own movable vehicles, ready for the big "race off."
Year 2 - Lucy Cousin's style collages are with the printers, being formatted ready to print into sets of glossy cards for purchase. They look amazing, very colourful and creative!
Year 3 - Just finishing exploring how products change, by using PVA glue in a dried form and working them into Georgia O'Keeffe inspired flower artworks. These will look very effective, mounted with a light mount and framed in your houses.
Year 4 - Designs for the Oz Board shorts are almost finalised and the individuals whose designs have been selected for the "Hero Design," will be notified soon. Very exciting for all the boys, who will be running around on the beach this summer wearing Year 4 Scotch College exclusive designed artwork.
Year 5 - Have their upcoming exhibition on June 30, showcasing their 4D Lighthouse Sculptures, that actually light up! There will be video footage of boys viewing "Sculptures by the Sea" Exhibition and working at the Clay House, and photographs of their lighthouses at different stages of production. Boys have written moody paragraphs imagining they are the keeper of their lighthouse. Here is an example of the writing below.
Modern but rusty, the eroding lighthouse stood tall. It creaked and squeaked. The dizzy old keeper (Jim) walked up the busted, ragged stairs with a destroyed handrail. As he walked up the stairs he tasted burning coal from the supply ship but the jaw dropping smell was worse, rotten fish in his tank below. As he reached the top, he lit the flame for the kerosene lamp but had to come back down again to clear out the dead fish in the old tank. When he got up the next morning he went fishing to restock his tank.
Matthew Coutts 5C
Ms Karen Sabitay
PYP Visual Arts
