Just to get their heads and hands working again after a lovely long holiday, the (new) Grade 11's have been tasked with a pencil crayon, ink and water-colour wash drawing assignment of their 'sacred' animal. Inspired by artist Andreas Preis, they need to link text with their drawing which decribes something of that animals' presence. Lets get going 2013!

Gr10 Chalk&charcoal drawings

Inspired by a prac from a school in Durban, the Grade 10's were tasked with completing a chalk and charcoal drawing (to learn about tone, form and contrast) of a face they found interesting. Have a look at  some of the results:

The Annual Grade 9 Trash Fashion Bash

The Annual Trash fashion bash was a great success. The effort and creativity shown by this years grade 9's was admirable. As a creative teamworking assignment, the Grade 9's were tasked with completing the design and creation of clothing and accessories from recycled/recycleable materials. They then had to model their outfits in a special fashion show, carefully considering the music, advertisement and presentation of their work. This years show was a great success and the Grade 9's can be proud of what they achieved!

The Grade 9 " Goldsworthy" Nature Prac

In Autumn this year, the Grade 9's were tasked with creating a transitory artwork inspired by British Nature artist Andy Goldsworthy. It was a perfect time of year with all the russet and golden leaves falling; and the results were quite impressive & the grade 9's really enjoyed the opportunity to be outside the classroom.

It seems as though the Grade 11 Oil Painting assignment and competition was a great success.

Mr Wyattminter chose the top 6 paintings, and the artists were presented with their winnings by Mr Cato. The school purchased the paintings and they will be exhibited in the staff dining room. (Fame and Fortune!)

The results are as follows (and in order) : Marc Neilson, Reitumetse Magongoa, Siemon Van Lengeling, Brandon Dixon, Laura Allardyce and Jessica Young.

Well done to you all!! (from a very proud Mrs Allen)

A further three paintings were chosen by Mrs Allen, the artists are Tess Miles, Rosanne Whitfield and Danielle Cochran. Well done girls.

Exams exams!

Just because I'm so chuffed with my Grade 10's exam results, here are a few examples of the lovely still life drawings they created for their June Drawing exam.

Grade 9 'Body Map" creativity

 This term, as a free expressive,  fun assignment, the Grade 9's were tasked with creating a 'Body Map' that reflected their personality through visual imagery and symbolic colour. They had to trace their 'body shape' onto card and fill the positive/negative shapes in any way they liked, using creative ideas, artistic techniques and materials. There were some lovely results, have a look! (More to come...)