Hybrid Creatures Inspired by Greek Mythology

I've just returned from a glorious month in Greece, with so many ideas for our art!
The Greek culture is so rich in art, history and mythology, there is inspiration everywhere....

Our first project this term is based on the hybrid creatures of Greek Mythology, represented as a statue mounted on an Ionic column. We have Centaurs, Harpies, Pegasus, Chimeras, Griffins, Cerebus, Echidna, Delphi Sphinx  ... and many decided to create their own!

Did you know that while Classical Greek sculpture is usually thought of as the pure white marble statuary we see today, the ancient Greeks actually represented their Gods, and the monumental temples that housed them, in vivid, brilliant colour!

In the Cambridge University Museum of Classical Archaeology the Peplos Kore stands
side by side with a plaster copy, painted as the original would have beeen.

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Delicious Donuts Inspired By Peter Anton

Our second clay project this term is inspired by the delicious sculptures of Peter Anton.
We've created donut paperwights with swirls of icing and real sprinkles sealed with clear lacquer.

Displayed on a collage of bakery treats, they look good enough to eat, and will look great on our desks, or make a wonderful Father's Day gift!

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Peter Anton at work in his studio.

Peter Anton 'Boxed Donuts'.

Letting Our Creative Out!

Did you know that the left side of your brain controls analytical, logical thinking functions such as science and mathematics, while your right brain performs tasks that are artistic and creative?

After painting our donuts (more of these delicious pop-art sculptures next week!) we finished our session this week with some right-brain creative initial doodle-art!
Beginning with the blank slate of our initials glued onto black, we randomly drew a line.... which became.... well, something different for everyone!
It's always fun to let our creative right brains have free reign! Well done everybody!

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Beautiful Jellyfish Mobiles

Our Jellyfish Mobiles feature hand painted ceramic caps with lacy leaf texture, layers of tentacles with hand made ceramic coil beads and acetate spirals, beads and sea creatures. Created over 2 and a half lessons, they have been a major project, but so beautiful! It is easy to imagine these delicate creatures are floating through the ocean at the whim of the tidal currents...

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UFO Sightings Over Sunshine Coast!

Have you heard the rumour? Last weekend aliens were sighted beaming into the school grounds, playing on the swings, dancing on the roofs and climbing the trees.... breaking all the RULES!!
UFOs and alien creatures at school .... What fun!

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A Whale Of A Time With Migaloo!

Migaloo, together with many of his friends, passed by the Sunshine Coast last week on his annual migration up our eastern coastline. While the Humpback population is thankfully increasing, Migaloo is a rare white humpback, and has become a much loved individual with many people eagerly awaiting his arrival each year...  

We created our Migaloo pictures using an oil pastel mono-printing technique. We started with a heavily coloured oil pastel background, with krill and plankton in metallic oil pastel. We used our backgrounds as a ground to lift our image as we drew our whales (like hand-crafted carbon paper), adding lots of pattern to symbolize the effect of light shining through the water and the movement of the water against his skin. I love how some of our artists have created a sense of swirling ocean currents while others have captured the stillness of the ocean depths. Well done everyone!

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