Term 2 Live my Art… Wear my Art… Building on the work of Yayoi Kusama that we examined last term, this term we are examining the power of artists to express their creative selves beyond the canvas. Yayoi Kusama is an artist who ‘lives her art’. In many photos of her work, she is seen […]
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This week students have worked very hard to complete their self-portraits, inspired by the technical and aesthetic skill exhibited by Yayoi Kusama in her work. We explored the patterns created by her use of the dot motif. Students used filters as brushes and thick poster paint to explore the dot mark making. Students explored
Ciao a tutti! Here is an update on what’s happening in Italian around the school: Prep: students are exploring the colori, through viewing, singing, playing language games, drawing and labelling. We are starting to explore some very simple sentences such as il sole e` giallo, il mare e` blu, il fiore e` rosso. They are
Week 2: This week students used Yayoi Kusama’s work to explore colour theory. We examined primary colours and mixed our own secondary colours from the primary colours. We explored the relationships between colours and also played around with the amount of colour used when mixing. We aim to create a colour poster in a few
Ciao a tutti e bentornati a scuola! Welcome everyone to the Italian page of the specialists blog. Here you will find out what’s happening in the neighbourhoods, what’s the focus for the Italian program and other Italian happenings. Prep: Ciao! For most preps this will be their first formal experience of the Italian language. Students
This term in Visual art we will be exploring the artist, Yayoi Kusama. Yayoi Kusama ‘Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama approaches dots from more of a metaphysical perspective. She incorporates polka dots into her work as three-dimensional forms, as subject matter, as content, and as transcendental symbols. She covers surfaces in polka dots, makes polka dot covered clothing