Tuesday, 4 June 2013

Shields - Let me tell you a bit about me

Families, businesses and companies often have shields to represent aspects of themselves. Each person in the group has been thinking about things which are important to them that might represent an aspect of them as a person. Some of our first shields are completed and here are photos of the artists with their shields.

Hello my name is Laan. I love animals so I have drawn a horse, a snake, a cat and a rabbit.

Hello my name is Chris. I love art, catching buses, walking and enjoying eating delicious meals.

Hello my name is Jan. I like knitting, gardening, helping out with meals on wheels deliveries and cooking.

Hello my name is Rachel. I like basketball, my laptop, drama and art

Hello my name is Philippa. I am very proud of my swimming, indoor bowls, helping out with cleaning and jobs and music.

Hello my name is Vincent. I love art especially painting, hot chocolate, movies and my dog

Hello my name is Brent. I love my dog Laddie, Thunderbirds, music and cooking

Hello, my name is David. I love healthy fruit, music and dancing, my family and my home

Hello my name is Sam. I love keys, I would love to have keys to as many things as possible. I also like hot chocolate, my family and chatting and texting my friends with my phone.

Hello, my name is Emma. I love shopping, music, lollies and dancing. 

Hello, my name is Kezia. On my shield I have painted my family (top left), my Dad (top right), my brother with the CD player (bottom left) and one of the Spice girls (bottom right). My family and music are really important to me.

Hi, my name is Spencer. My shield has paintings of my family, Playstation, basketball and my stereo because I love music.

Hi my name is Helen. I have put a heart on my shield because family and love are important to me. I am a library assistant so I have painted a book. I also have myself and a dog on my shield.

Hi my name is Va. I have a fish, a cat, a flower and a butterfly on my shield. I love nature.

Hi, my name is Nicole. In my shield I have a Pokemon, a Diet coke an I-pad and an I-phone. I love technology!

Hi my name is Ghadah. Can you tell I like music, flowers, my family and love?

Hi my name is Gail. I love animals which is why I have a kangaroo and a lion. I'm a New Zealander so I have put a kiwi on my shield. I have also painted a picture of me for the final image.

Sunday, 19 May 2013

Monet's Water lilies

Artist: Gail

We have been studying photographs of water lilies and have been inspired by Monet's beautiful paintings to create our own painted water lily gardens. It has been fun to try painting in an impressionist style for the background by layering up lots of colors and allowing each color and stroke to be visible. This can be a challenge not to mix all the colors together. Each leaf is painted and glued to the water. The flowers are made from layering 3 painted flower shapes to create on textural water lily. Each student has thought about the arrangement of flowers and leaves on their water.


Artist: Jan H



Artist: Helen

Artist: Craig

Artist: Va

Artist: Ghadah

Wednesday, 27 March 2013

African Safari

Imagine all the different animals you might hope to see on an African Safari. Through the leaves and the bushes, hidden and camouflaged in the surrounding environment you might spot......
A fish

Artist: Daniel

A tiger
Artist: Brett

A lion

Artist: David

A tiger

Artist: Brent


An elephant

Artist: Philippa
A lion

Artist: Chris

A Tiger

Artist: Jan

A Lion

Artist: Devendra

A Cheetah
Artist: Emma

A Tiger
 Artist: Ghadah

Artist: Va

Artist: Va

A Rhinocerous

Artist: Nicole


A Cheetah
Artist: Gail


An Elephant
Artist: Helen