Grade 5

Free Choice Silhouette Artwork (Weeks 1-5)

You will be creating your own unique silhouette artwork. A silhouette is the outline of an object, without any of the inner detail. This effect usually happens at twilight, when there is not enough light to show detail of an object in the foreground, but the background (often sunset) is shedding enough light to highlight the silhouette (outline). At night, often the moonlight will also create a silhouette on foreground objects.

Week 1

With some paper or a note book next to you, google image search 'silhouette artwork'. Experiment with different image searches to find different artworks or photographs. When you see something that inspires you, draw a really quick picture representing your thoughts. Think about the composition (positioning of objects) in your design. The more ideas you have, the more options you give yourself.
Once you are happy with one of your pictures, give yourself feedback (what you like and don't like about your design, and feedforward (what you will do to refine or add detail to your design), and act on your feedforward.
Think about the size you want your artwork to be. If it involves lots of detail, then think relativly small (A3-A4). If there is not much detail then think big.

Week 2

Create your background. You could use watercolours, food dye, spray paint (with parent help), or colour pencils. Usually bright colours bring out the silohette, but not always. Think about the mood you want to create.

Weeks 3 & 4

It's up to you how you approach the foreground. If there isn't too much detail, such as in the industrial scape or the Star Wars artworks to the left, you might want to consider drawing your design on black paper, cutting it out and gluing it onto your background. If there is lots of detail such as in the girl on swing artwork, you might want to consider using a felt tip pen directly onto the background.

Make sure your mark making or cutting is accurate and clear. The outline is everything in this project

Also make sure you thoroughly glue if you are pasting.

Week 5

Its feedback and feedforward time. Refine and/or add detail.

Look carefully at your artwork. Think: What have i done really well? Why is it really good? Did I focus better on that part? Did I have more detail in that part? Was I far more accurate in that part. Is my overall composition awesome, or should I move things around to improve the composition, to lead the viewers eye to a focus point?

Now look for the part that you could improve or add more detail.

Don't take this step lightly. This is your opportunity to make your project go from your good, to your best!

Learning Intention 1: To develop designs specific to an art genre

Success Criteria: I can identify what a silhouette is

I can describe designs that would be effective for a silhouette artwork

I can develop designs

I can select and improve upon my design

LI 2: To understand the importance of selecting backgrounds that compliment foregrounds

I can identify the types of backgrounds that will make my silhouettes ‘pop’

I can describe the background I will create and the media I will use

I can create a background

I can refine a background

LI 2: To transfer a design

SC: I can transfer my design to an appropriate scale

I can accurately cut my silhouettes (or draw)

I can arrange my silhouettes onto my background

I can analyse my artwork and ‘re-work’ it (FB-FF)

Dear parents,

Due to the abrupt ending to Term 1, the project that the Level 5 students were working on (surrealist photographic collage) is incomplete. As an additional project, if you have the resources (a printer (ideally a colour printer)) then students can continue working on this project at home. The projected referred to here is entirely optional. The following project after this one however, is not optional.

Surrealist Collage Optional Unit (not compulsory):

Here is what they have done so far:

-Explored the surrealist movement, and discovered that often an effective surrealist image is created not by combining multiple strange images together, but rather by combining normal images that don't make much sense together (known as juxtaposing/juxtaposition).

-Explored artworks by modern surrealist collage artist 'Mr Babies' as examples and inspiration.

-Understood that photographic collage is not necessarily about quantity, but quality of cutting and layering. i.e. generally start with the background and move to the foreground/cut images so they 'fit' into position. E.g, if you want a sleeping cat floating on water, cut the bottom section of the cat into small waves so it realistically looks like it is floating on the water

-Learnt aesthetic and digital skills to identify and copy effective images on image search, create an appropriate sized document to paste to, convert the image so it is 'free form' to ensure easy management of images, and ensure the images are appropriate in size relative to each other.

-Finding images, printing, cutting, and layering a mini trial collage to understand the process

-Using this knowledge to begin a new collection of images to create a larger, better informed final collage.

Unfortunately, we just missed out on the print then layering of the final artwork, therefor if your child has a printer and would like to work on this project, that would be fantastic. I would recommend at least A3 or larger for your final design (remember you can tape multiple A4 sheets together). Parents, you might want to try creating your own one too.

Picasso, Cubism and Einstein (Weeks 6-10)

Materials:

Paper (minimum A3 but you can tape two A4s together)

pencil and any colour markers you have on hand.

Albert Einstein

Pablo Picasso Self-Portraits

Picasso Artworks

The effect of gravity on Space/time!!!

Introduction:

This Unit is about an art movement called ‘Cubism’. Pablo Picasso is the most famous artist that helped create the Cubist style.

Cubism was created around 1910 (over 100 years ago) and is 2D art made of cubes that create images we recognise from real life. The ‘Cubists’ were inspired by Albert Einstein’s scientific discoveries about time and space. The way this influenced the Cubists was that within the one picture made of cubes, they attempted to show one object over time. So sometimes they would show the side of a face and the front of a face jumbled up into one picture, or the movement of a person going down the stairs in one picture (see left).

Week 6 (Session 1)

OK, I’m really going to drop you in the deep end this week. But don’t worry, I’d don’t expect you to get any of this, I just want you to be aware that cubism is made of cubes and shows the same object from different angles, and that the famous scientist, Albert Einstein inspired the style. After this you will begin drafting your cubist artwork.

1. Watch this video about Picasso and Cubism:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb-bjfe2qiA

So, cubism is about painting lots of different angles of an object

2. Optional: Watch this video to find out more information about Picasso, the most famous artist of the 20th Century : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1BdaC_PwC0

3. The next video is extremely complex, even I don't fully grasp it. If you want, you could watch it with your parents. They might learn something too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttZCKAMpcAo

So, Einstein’s theories of relativity prove that space and time are connected and time is not what we might have thought. This information inspired the Cubists to show one object over different times!!!

3. As you can see, I have some ‘finished’ student examples slightly below and to the left. What they did was first pick an object to draw, then practice drawing it, then draw a good copy, and then draw the same object over their picture from a different angel. Finally they went over their pencil in black marker and then coloured in all the double up shapes that were created. This is what we will do over the next 5 weeks.

It is time for you to think of the object you want to draw. Walk around the house and find an object you want to use. Here are a few examples you could use:

-Your pet

-A chair

-Your TV

-A glass

-The microwave

-A family member or you

-A whisk

-A clock

-Anything you want

Practice drawing first. Try to make your drawing look as real as possible. If you want some hints on observational drawing, have a look at the Grade 6 week 1 Vis Art page.

Week 7 (Session 2)

Now you have practiced drawing your object, it is time to begin your final artwork. Get some paper that is at least A3 (the bigger the better), and start sketching up your object in pencil. Make it really BIG so it takes up all your page.

Once you are happy with it, show your family and see if they can spot how you could improve your drawing. Compass Mr Hudson and ask him for any improvements. Make it as realistic and neat as possible. Really focus on the lines because we will be using them later. No shading

When you are really happy with your drawing, get a black marker and draw over your lines. Rub out any pencil markings

Week 8 (Session 3)

Now, turn your object around so you are looking at it from a different angle. With a grey lead draw the object again on top of your first drawing. It’s going to get a bit confusing but persist and try your best.

Show your parents and/or Compass Mr Hudson to get some feedback/feedforward.

Once you are really happy with the second drawing that you have drawn over your first, go over it with a black marker.

Weeks 9 & 10 (Session 4 & 5)

Colouring in time.

So, now you are left with lots of shapes everywhere with the two pictures on top of each other. These are the shapes you will be colouring in.

Pick 3-4 colours. You could use pencils or textas. Start colouring in the different shapes. Think carefully about the colours you use in the different shapes. Be super neat and clear.

Once you have coloured in all your shapes, get the black marker out again, and go over all the black lines again. This will bring back clarity to your artwork and make it ‘look’ more finished.

To neaten it all up, cut out your picture and stick it on some new paper. Colour paper often works the best.

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