Year 9

artwork by Anthony Lioi

Year 9 Art has seen the return of landscape painting this term. With freedom to choose a landscape the students were introduced to painting techniques such as colour mixing, layering, using sponges, blending, sgraffito and scumbling. This class has achieved consistently high results throughout the semester due to their patience and effort. Well done, the Year 9 Art class!

 Year 10

artwork by Jayde Golding

The Year 10 Art class were tasked to research into a movement within art history. Movements included, cave painting, ancient Egypt, ancient Greek, High Renaissance, Romanticism, Pop Art, Street Art, Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism. They needed to analyse the style of the movement so that they understood the stylistic characteristics. The students then had to work in the style of their movement to create their own individual artworks. There was a good range of mediums chosen ranging from painting, printmaking, digital art and clay sculptures. With many good quality artworks produced, the students should be proud of their efforts. 

To end the term, the students participated in a short fun task themed ‘glow in the dark.’ The class were provided a black light to create glow in the dark artworks using highlighters and a few had a go at face painting using fluorescent paints. 

Jennifer Ahrens

Visual Arts teacher