Week 4 Visual Arts Activities Year 6
Students will be looking at and creating visual arts activities centered around their inquiry topic: The Australian Democracy.
Before commencing the art session, gather information with your child about what it is they already know about The Australian Democracy? Please record findings and use as a reflection at the end of the session.
Now choose a famous Australian artist and list as much information on this person as possible.
Name?
Date of Birth?
Family History?
Life story name listing all their achievements?
Their contribution to Australian arts?
Draw a portrait of this artist
The materials you will need for this portrait are:
-A grey lead pencil
– A piece of white paper
-An eraser
-A piece of coloured cardboard to mount your work on
-A sharpie to outline your work.
Here is a list of some famous Australian artists that you may like to choose from:
- Sidney Nolan. Nolan (1917-1992) grew up in rough-and-tumble Depression-era Melbourne and emerged as one of Australia’s most prolific and celebrated 20th-century artists. …
- Grace Cossington Smith. …
- Brett Whiteley. …
- Margaret Preston. …
- Albert Namatjira. …
- David Noonan. …
- John Olsen. …
- Margaret Olley.
Sidney Nolan
Please remember to sketch your picture first before commencemencing your good copy. Don’t forget to share your amazing work with me too!
Check out this clip about sketching faces I hope you find it useful!
Now let’s get creative Year 6!!
Zart Art Competition
The wonderful people at Zart Art art shop are running a competition. Students of any age can enter to win $700 of art supplies. To enter you must create an artwork that fits the theme “home is where art is” The competition will end on 7 of May.
For more details visit: https://www.zartart.com.au/zartstatic/page/home-art-competition