Monday, November 9, 2020

2020 Totara Collage- Paper Tole Photos



We used multiple copies of a photo to create a layered, 3D effect. We had to think about what was going to be in the background and what needed to 'pop' in the foreground. 






 

Thursday, November 5, 2020

2020 Totora Clay Sculpture

 Remind me to never do clay again at the end of the year! With 3 peaks trips and TO day, it's been near impossible keeping the clay soft and workable. Look at how well they have done!











Tuesday, November 3, 2020

2020 Salt dough faces with Raupo

 How cute are these?!








2020 Hinau Sculpture with natural materials

 With a focus on symmetry and balance, we created artworks with found natural materials. 




2020 Akeake sculpture- Monster Fish!

 We made simple clay pinch pots to create fantabulous monster fish.  






2020 Drawing with Akeake inspired by Sandra Silberzweig

 Inspired by Sandra Silberzweig, we created crazy, colourful portraits with chalk, black PVA and coloured chalk pastels. 





2020 Staff Paint & Sip. Llama madness

 We had a fun evening painting the noble llama on canvasses as a staff. 






2020 Drawing with Totora

 
What do you get when you mix Vincent Van Gogh and Leonardo da Vinci with a bit of zentangling?







2020 Akeake Impressionism inspired by Monet

 We learnt about light and colour and layering paint. We spent time outside learning to look at the sky and grass with an Artist's eye. Is the sky only one, flat shade of blue? How can we show light and reflection?





2020 If Pigs Could Fly. Hinau Team sculpture

 What would your pig look like? It was a mission to get from balloon...to solid structure ...to awesome pigs! But we got there!








2020 Collaborative art piece. Commemorating Lockdown

 





2020 Qizzle contest

 The Mission: To decorate a ceramic jaguar head to win a $200 prize hamper of art materials for the school. 

(Woohoo! Mission success)




202O Gary te Tuatangata (Gary the Hero)

 Our KNS contribution to the Christchurch Art Trail. 

A Covid kicking Super Hero. Not the Hero we wanted perhaps...but the Hero we need.