Holroyd High School
Holroyd High School is located in Greystanes in western Sydney on traditional Darug land.
King of the Streets
Holroyd High School students read some poetry on the Australian magpie and collected photographs of magpies while thinking about keywords that described the sounds, colours, actions and appearance of the bird.
The students went through many steps to create their fabulous King of the Streets artworks, including preliminary sketches, creating tints to reflect the many colours the sky can be, dragging paint to make a fence, using carbon paper to transfer images, ink drawing using a twig and using a palette knife to paint with thick impasto paints.
They can't wait to share their creative processes and striking finished pieces.
Watch the following video to see the students from Holroyd High School share their incredible artworks.
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Holroyd High School – King of the Streets
Duration: 1:53What do the students and teachers have to say?
'Happy, happy, happy.' – Mehvish (Year 7 student, 12 years old)
'I love Fridays because it means we have art.' – Zakk (Year 8 student,13 years old)
'My magpie is good. I like it.' – Yassir (Year 8 student, 14 years old)
'Stick is so much fun!' (commenting when drawing with ink and sticks) – Melissa (Year 8 student, 13 years old)
'Wow, look at the concentration, creativity and engagement.' – Kerrie (Head Teacher)
Participating students
Congratulations to the following students from Years 7 to 10 of Holroyd High School for their wonderful submissions:
Yassir, Melissa, Mehvish and Zakk.
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