Creative Arts Outcomes

VAS2.1 Represents the qualities of experiences and things that are interesting or beautiful* by choosing among aspects of subject matter. VAS2.2 Uses the forms to suggest the qualities of subject matter. VAS2.3 Acknowledges that artists make artworks for different reasons and that various interpretations are possible. VAS2.4 Identifies connections between subject matter in artworks and what they refer to, and appreciates the use of particular techniques. * how artists, including themselves, have intentions that affect the look of the work and its details * use particular artistic traditions guided by the teachers instruction in artmaking and experiment with techniques, tools and graphic schema (eg in drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking and digital works) DRAS2.1 Takes on and sustains roles in a variety of drama forms to express meaning in a wide range of imagined situations. DRAS2.4 Responds to, and interprets drama experiences and performances * consolidate interpretative and symbolic work n the drama forms of improvisation, movement, mime, storytelling, puppetry, mask and play building.

Creative Arts Construct a First Fleet ship out of paddle pop sticks Students choose a ship from the first fleet to construct out of paddle pop sticks. Students research their ship and write a small paragraph of information to accompany their model. The ships will be displayed in a class museum Paper Collage Cut light weight cardboard figures, or alternatively use pre cut cardboard figures (Riot Art and Craft have some). (I have some you could trace Lyndall) Research C18th English clothing on the internet. Make some clothing from coloured and patterned paper and glue to figures. Step 1 trace figure onto scrap paper and design under layers of clothing from this tracing. Always make test clothing from scrap paper before tracing onto pretty paper and cutting out as it is challenging to get it right! Dont forget that some shapes such as shoes need to be reversed. Step 2 follow the same procedure for top layers such as coats etc. Avoid drawing extra details as this will detract form the final work.

Aboriginal Design Resource: See folder in TeachersStageTwo-First ContactsArt-Aboriginal Art- Western Desert 1. Modern Aboriginal art is very beautiful. Show children a variety of works from the Western Desert and have them design their own landscape work.

Discuss the fact that different people in different areas of Australia are developing their own distinct styles of Aboriginal Art. Western Desert art tends to be painted with traditional paint made of ground ochre and has a grainy finish. Find some photographs of Australian landscapes with distinct foreground and background and display so that they children have something to inspire their work. Resource file :Teachers-StageTwo-First Contacts- Art- Landscape Photography Australian

2. Wandjina figures I believe these are based on star maps much like the zodiac designs and can easily be picked out in the sky above WA. There is a folder of these photos in TeachersStageTwo-First ContactsArt-Aboriginal Art- Wanjina figures Show the children these designs, perhaps research them on the internet, discuss their design feature and then have the class create their own with acrylic paint on brown paper. Convict Love Tokens Links with visual literacy lessons and history lessons of the First Fleet. 1. Appreciating Love Tokens What was the purpose of them? What information was included on them? How were they made? http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/highlights/convict-tokens 2. Making Love Tokens Students make their own convict love token

Mapping 1. Study of original maps of Sydney town.

http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/dixson/03_early_settlement_and_exploration/index.html http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview/?pi=nla.map-f105b-e http://www.antiqueprintroom.com/catalogue/view-catalogue?id=8b51b15fb3c13073c5e3bb41d152d25e

2. Study of early explores sea maps http://gutenberg.net.au/mapsandcharts-sea.html 3. Study of modern map artists See Smart Notebook file in Teachers- Stage Two- 2014-First Contacts -art-map art

Construction of silhouette art Students asked to supply old maps to be cut up. Each child needs a background map and contrasting map pieces to cut up. Could be a large map or a

Gregorys road map or a railway map or any other type of available map. Children draw silhouettes of animals or plants or transport or people on scrap paper. When happy with the result they can be glued to the back of a map and carefully cut out, then pasted onto a background map.

3D Clay work Study pictures of permanent houses in first settlement. http://home.dictionaryofsydney.org/ Children make cardboard templates that form into a simple hut. When they are happy with their design they roll slabs of clay about 8mm thick. If they ruff up the edges with cross hatching and gently rub two edges together the clay will grab the other piece and form a strong bond. No water is necessary. The building must have open windows so that no air is trapped inside in the kiln where it will expand and cause the artwork to explode. Houses should be around 10cm tall so that many fit into the kiln and so that they do not use too much clay. When the clay is almost dry the houses can be burnished (rubbed with the back of a spoon in small gentle circles) to make some areas shine for gentle students only! These huts can be fired in the school kiln if we can find someone who knows how to use the kiln. Colonial Artists The First Fleet carried botanists who carefully recorded everything they saw in watercolour sketche s. Convicts also made beautiful records of Australias unusual flora and fauna. The State Library of NSW has an exhibition called Artist Colony that showcases many early works. Follow the link below to see some of these. http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/exhibitions/2014/artist_colony/index.html Look at some of the careful botanical art being produced today by some Sydney and international artists. Artist Study: Barbara Duckworth See Smart notebook file Botanical Artists in Teachers-Stage 2_ First Contacts- Botanical art Bring in a range of fresh flowers, fruit, or photographs if necessary and have students make a realistic copy in coloured pencil aiming for close colour match and shading. Use an iPad app e.g. Paper by 53, Bamboo Paper to sketch flowers as above.

Artist Study: Imants Tillers Imants Tillers is an Australian visual artist. Born in Sydney in 1950, Tillers currently lives and works in Cooma, New South Wales. His work features appropriation and quotation. It is composed of multiple works on canvas boards. Three well known works are; One world many visions Diaspora series Terra incognita 2005 They explore issues of identity, place, displacement and chance encounters, the effects of migration and diaspora See notebook file in Teachers- Stage Two-2014- First Contacts Art - Imants Tillers

each child will paint 1 small work that will join with other students work to form 1 larger work. Session 1: Discuss Tillers work Session 2: Prepare a list of images that could reflect 18th century England (eg clothes, London housing,) The First Fleet (eg tall ships), Terra Australis (eg. Aboriginal Art, boomerangs, convict tents, soldiers, strange animals) Session 3: Brainstorm a list of words that can be included Session four: Agree on a background colour scheme. This could be an all over scheme or there could be an upper and a lower scheme of sky and land. Assign blocks to each student and have them paint the background colour. This will tie everybodys work together. Session 5: Discuss what each child will paint or write on their individual blocks. Map it out on a small mock up so that the children get a picture of the overall effect of the finished work. Some children can paint, use charcoal, paste on torn paper, use a stencil for writing, glue on twigs..

Perspective Drawing Links with perspectives concept in overall unit and excursion to Hyde Park Barracks. Detailed drawing of Historic Buildings in Sydney. For example; Hyde Park Barracks. There may be time to make sketches from different viewpoints on the excursion. If not many photos should be taken on the day. Artistic Family Tree Designs Links with homework task on researching their family tree. Students will look at the Moreton Bay Fig and artists who use them within their artwork. For example; Mavis Turner. Students will investigate techniques for drawing trees with different media as shown in The Usbourne Book of Art Skills page 20-23. As students design their own Moreton Bay Fig they will intertwine information they researched on their family history into the branches of the tree. Drama: Discuss what it might have been like to be on board one of the ships, particularly as the First Fleet was in the Southern Ocean during winter. Dramatise what it might have been like in a storm.