In Term 1, Years 9 and 10 Visual Arts students explored perspective drawing and investigated its inception form the Renaissance art period. Using these traditional art conventions to give the illusion of space and depth in a drawing , students developed technical drawings using 1-point perspective, 2-point perspective and 3-point perspective. Students focused on attention to detail as this is vital to visually trick the audience to make their works appear 3-dimensional and illustrate depth.

Students went on to use perspective techniques to draw a scene of Sydney city. Unfortunately, due to Covid19, we were unable to go into the city to take photos and draw, so students used found images. They focused on tone, texture, shape and pattern.

Students investigated Japanese artists that have been influenced by Manga and Anime and Cosplay culture. They explored and experimented with drawing characters using Manga art conventions. Students designed and developed a Manga character of themselves and created costumes and props for their character linked to a world cause that they would fight for. Their felt tip pen drawings were then transferred to Photoshop, where they colour rendered their characters.

Students explored the art of Frida Kahlo, renowned for her moving symbolic self-portraits. They also experimented with a variety of watercolour painting conventions to create interesting tones and textures. Students used their silhouette, representing the shadow of themselves, and using symbolic imagery to create layers of meaning and to represent their hidden inner self.

Students explored the art of American artist, Glenn Ligon and used his art practice to inspire these text portraits. Student asked their peers to write detailed descriptions of them and used those pieces of descriptive writing to create a series of digital text portraits. Through these artworks students explored different perspectives of their identify through the perceptions of other people. This art process explored the way way one sees themselves compared to how others see them.