The Art Lady

  Soooo many posts on my blog , but not much (if anything) on landscapes. So I came up with this as an academic artwork, learning about foreground, mid ground, background, horizon placement and so on. I will be adding some info sheets about these things at a later date as Resources. My inspiration was ......  Albert Namatjira  (28 July 1902 – 8 August 1959), born  Elea Namatjira , was an  Indigenous Australian artists . He is one of Australia's most well-known painters . He is best known for his watercolour  paintings of the Australian outback, notably Central Australia and iconic ghost gum trees . His works were not in the traditional style of Aboriginal art.  But they became important to forming the style of modern indigenous art in Australia. ( Albert Namatjira Facts for Kids | KidzSearch.com ) Although he was granted Australian citizenship in 1957, his ethnic origin hindered his freedom. He was barred from moving into what he aspiringly called “a white man’s house” in a resid

     I decided to create Directed Drawing Instructions for the baby orangutan artwork.   Content: Geography. Priority Area: Sustainability and Engagement with Asia - Borneo and Sumatra.    I hope that this will help teachers who feel they may not have the skills to do this artwork with their students. It could be used with students in ES1 and Stage 1. Please let me know if it was of any help....

  I was motivated to create a new artwork after I saw the cutest images that were created by some ES1 and Stage Stage 1 students. Congrats to Sarah who taught them. My artwork is more high order thinking for students in Stage 2 and 3 but I will create something for Kindy, Year 1 and 2, probable as a collage. I created a Directed Drawing for an emu and posted it on Sunday 8th May, 2022. (Happy Mother's Day)                     Creating a drawing on paper and then "transferring" it ensures that the students is able to get  the same image. Sometimes its easier to do it as indicated then damaging the surface of paper with repeated erasing and redrawing lines.