The project started with Room 5 students learning about Fauvism, a style of Art, les Fauves (French for wild beasts), developed by a group of early 20th– century modern artists, such as Matisse and Derain. They used colour and applied paint in a way that had never been seen before.
After creating observational drawings of cockatoos the students were given a canvas.
They viewed Artworks of cockatoos by modern day fauvists, like Anya Brock and we discussed the way they used colour and paint.
The students outlined a cockatoo, before deciding on a base colour for their cockatoo and a complimentary or contrasting colour for the background.
Once they had completed these steps they chose a set of analogous paint colours, as their palette to apply a layer of brushstrokes, to add the texture of feathers.
Finally they used paint pen to enhance their painting, by adding detail through line and pattern.
Come and view these beautiful paintings on display in our breezeway.
