by Andrew CLARKE | Nov 20, 2014 | Grade 6, Secondary Visual Arts, The Grades
This morning an amateur archeologist stumbled upon a group of art students never before encountered at this school. They appear to come from a tribe commonly known as G6, usually associated with the Upper Primary area. Comparative research shows that their techniques...
by Andrew CLARKE | Nov 12, 2014 | Secondary Visual Arts, The Grades
An important time is coming soon for the Grade 10 Art students… On Thursday 27th November and Friday 28th November they will sit their Mock Examination in Art. They will practice making a piece of art within a total space of time of eight hours, which is the...
by Andrew CLARKE | Nov 12, 2014 | Community and Service, Creativity, Action, Service, Secondary Visual Arts, The Grades
We have a lovely wooden theatre in our playground now – it is for the students’ use at playtimes to let their imaginations as free as they wish or for basing any particular school or class theatre activity. The theatre is currently primed in white and is...
by Andrew CLARKE | Nov 2, 2014 | Secondary Visual Arts, The Grades
G11 students are currently studying observational drawing techniques through still-life for their Component 2 Process Portfolio: they will also be able to use or adapt these techniques to explore further themes such as portraiture, for example. G12 students are...
by Andrew CLARKE | Oct 30, 2014 | Secondary Visual Arts, The Grades
G7 students are currently exploring the richness of colour through collage, finding as many variations, tints and shades of a particular colour from magazine cut-outs. G8 students are exploring portraiture by firstly examining and drawing the facial features.
by Andrew CLARKE | Oct 23, 2014 | Secondary Visual Arts, The Grades
Our new goats have been very inspiring! Students from G6 studying Paleolithic art have been drawing them to experience how cave artists might have made their art: they observed the goats and then went back to their paper and charcoal and tried to make a drawing. Some...
