Art Appreciation

When we completed our Calendar Art, Miss Skipper over heard many people talking about the things they liked in other people's art pieces.  All the positive feedback was really nice to hear.  It was good that people were appreciating other people's efforts because sometimes art was really difficult for some people.

Here are some of the feedback people shared with their favourite artists.

Artist : Avara  Feedback : Steven

Artist : Ingrid  Feedback : Andrea

Calendar Art

Every year our school has an art based fundraising appeal called Calendar Art. This year Room 15 created Auckland skylines. First, we created our backgrounds using crayon and dye, then we sketched the skyline. From New Windsor Road, out the front of our school we can see the Sky Tower.  We went to the front of our school and we sketched what we could see.

Next, we used newspaper to cut out the shapes we were going to use to represent Auckland's skyline.  We arranged and decorated the cutouts before gluing them down.  Now our art is completed and up for sale.  Our art can be used to create a calendar, a diary or a mouse pad.  It's a great fundraising opportunity for the school and it was a lot of fun to create.

Calendar Art Day

Today's challenge was to start and complete one piece of art.  These pieces may be used in a fundraising project.  The art work can be used not only for a calendar but it could be used for a card or a diary cover.

Being in Auckland, we are naturally affected by the amount of rain.  We get a lot of rain.  But, we are also lucky that our city is so pretty and that our view here at NWS is so awesome and as William says, the sky tower, "is the star of the show."

First we used white crayon to create the look of rain, then we took turns dyeing the papers grey. (Miss Skipper really likes the colour grey.) Then we had to let that dry most of the day.  After the dyeing was underway, we looked at famous city silhouettes.  We studied the Auckland skyline next.  Then we went outside to look at our view and to make sketches, to consider what we would and would not include and just the overall impression of the view.

Sketching the cityscape

Creating our view

 After sketching we came back inside and started cutting out shapes in newspaper.  Once we were satisfied with our shapes and sizes, we outlined our structures in sharpie.  Then we practised laying out all of our buildings trying to create perspective and a shape that was pleasing.  We also selected a quote based on creativity to add to our piece.  Next we fitted everything together and glued it all down.  Voila! Our finished work.  What do you think??

Some of our finished works

Hopefully, some of these will be made into a calendar for 2015.