ART PROGRAM

TERM 2 * 2016
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K1
VAS1.1
VAS1.2
VAS1.3
investigates details of objects, places and spaces
investigates the properties of different media
explores various techniques
identifies particular qualities in artworks
LANDSCAPES
Drawing, Collage, Rubbings, Painting, Printing
ARTISTS: John Wolseley, Gloria Petyarre, Paddy Bedford
MATERIALS: Oil pastel, wax crayon, edicol dyes, artline
pens, collage paper, maps, watercolours, graphite stick,
watercolours, acrylic paints, leaves, bremex paper, insect
stamps, soft pastels, black card, bamboo skewers
communicates responses and ideas
recognises art terms eg. horizon line, en plein air,
Papunya, symbols, patterns
talks about techniques and media in their work
Aboriginal art, Australian artists, Environment
HSIE, Geography
Students were able to:
draw from observation
use mixed media
discuss new terms eg. horizon, landscape, cloudscape,
micro, macro
talk about their own artwork, making choices and how
their artwork differed from their peers

LEARNING EXPERIENCES
TERM 2 * 2016
YEAR : K 1

SUBJECT MATTER: LANDSCAPES

1. MICRO LANDSCAPES
DURATION: Two lessons
Students will- Discuss the words landscape, seascape, cloudscape and micro and
macro
- Look at the shapes of gum leaves, their size and colour
- Use oil pastel to draw @ 5 leaves on artpaper and colour them
appropriately in oil pastel, consider overlapping and intensity of colour
- View a living snail on their desk and note its size, spiral shell, motley
colours and its features and draw a snail climbing on a leaf
- Use the correct colours from observation to complete the snail
- Draw a second snail
- Discuss this micro landscape
Date
Completed

Revised / Extended / Comment

2. HORIZON COLLAGES
DURATION: Five Lessons
Students will- discuss the term horizon and view other artists work on landscapes
- go outdoors and view many horizons
- trace the horizon line with their finger
- use black oil pastel draw the horizon across the page from four different
compass points
- observe clouds and use white and grey oil pastels in the top band to
create cloud shapes
- spray this area with blue edicol dye
- collect leaves and use wax crayons to make rubbings in one horizon
section
- collage a paper (with environmental designs on it eg, insects, flowers,
maps) into another band of horizon
- glue a small torn photocopy of an insect into another band and repeat it
again and again in black oil pastel with a insect tonal interior
- use a sponge brush or watercolours to colour the insect band in a deep
green
- complete the final and bottom horizon bands by using two earth tone oil
pastels to make a rock landscape
- discuss the artwork and the parts of landscape used
Date
Completed

Revised / Extended / Comment

3. PAINTED LANDSCAPES
DURATION: Three Lessons
Students will- observe and discuss other artists colours and patterns of landscapes
- discuss blending and mixing colours and the use of light and shade
- draw one horizon line on art paper in the portrait frame
- use earth colours in acrylic paint with tools other than paint brushes eg.
sponge, card, scrubbing brush, toothbrush . to create a colour scape
below the horizon line.
- use sky colours and tools while also employing blending techniques to
paint the sky
- on a small piece of art paper use graphite stick to do an observation
drawing of a flower
- cut out the flower and glue it into the landscape
- use a viewing frame to find the best piece of landscape and cut it out
- frame the landscape
Date
Completed

Revised / Extended / Comment