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John Glover: 'Mr Robinson's house on the Derwent, Van Diemen's Land' c. 1838

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Artists were often captivated by their first glimpse of the Australian landscape and portrayed the countryside with a sense of wonder. This example by John Glover includes trees with curled branches, brightly lit skies and colour infused hills. How does this image compare to others you have seen of this period?

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Emma Boyd: 'The quail shooter' 1884

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In this work Emma Boyd depicts the landscape near her home, ‘The Grange', in Victoria. See how the landscape dominates the single human figure? What do you think this suggests? What is the artists trying to say by creating this sense of scale?

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Brushing up on animals

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Students discover techniques for drawing animals and painting an artwork.

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Fun with flowers

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Students discover the creative and scientific art of botanical illustration and respond to the drawing through poetry and music.

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Going on an adventure

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Explore drama and visual arts activities using an adventure story as a stimulus.

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What a stretch!

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Investigate the unique physical features of the giraffe and explore how giraffes are represented in art. Create your own giraffe artwork.

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When is a stick not a stick?

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Explore a world of play and imagery, where nothing is as ordinary as it seems. Students respond imaginatively when using a stick as a stimulus to explore elements of drama and create characters. Students will develop their expressive skills through movement and voice. Students also create artworks using a stick as a stimulus.

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Stories without words

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Learn how Australian story-teller, artist and academy award winner, Shaun Tan uses emotive illustrations to tell a story. You will also create your own character and tell a story using illustration.

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Metamorphosis

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Using drama and visual arts students explore a world of play and imagination where nothing is as ordinary as it seems.

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Shake the papaya tree

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Find out more about papaya trees and then learn to draw one! Learn a song about climbing a tree and some movements to perform as you sing the song. Explore how to find the beat in the music.

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Creating art and meaning from waste

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Welcome to Marina DeBris's exhibition, "Beach Couture: A Haute Mess". How would you describe Marina's art? What are the ideas she communicates through her artworks? How do the processes, materials and techniques Marina works with contribute to the creation of meaning in her art? Do you agree with Marina's belief that art ...

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Eugene von Guérard: 'North-east view from the northern top of Mount Kosciusko' 1863

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In this landscape Eugene von Guérard blends topographical accuracy with the grandness of a mountain top view which he witnessed in 1862 as a member of a geographical survey led by scientist Georg von Neumayer. The artist has taken some liberties with the depiction of the boulders in the foreground to demonstrate the enormous ...

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Stamping in visual arts

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In visual art, what do you think stamping refers to? Learn how to create artworks using this technique. See if you can find something other than a leaf as the stamp to experiment with.

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Your Public Art Project

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What is public art? How can it transform our local environment? Primary and secondary students from across NSW worked with Kaldor Public Art Projects to reimagine public spaces within their local communities. This eResource explores the school’s work using innovative technology to bring site specific works alive through ...

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Making waves with Hokusai

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Students create artworks and poetry inspired by the works of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai.

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Autumn leaves

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Explore dance, art and music through a song about Autumn leaves. Make some art works, dance like a leaf and learn to play the song on a keyboard instrument.

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The dot

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Students will listen to the story 'The Dot' by Peter H Reynolds and create artworks of real and imagined things inspired by the story. They also sing a song with simple actions.

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TrackSAFE Education Primary School Resources: Year 5, Year 6 The Arts

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This unit uses dance, drama, visual arts and music to communicate student-created safety messages. Using a community-based scenario, students devise an improvised drama and choreograph a dance to highlight the importance of safe track-side behaviours; they use artworks to explore the effect of colour before creating a cartoon-based ...

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Bird's eye art

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A visual arts activity for students using aerial perspective and abstract forms.

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Scarecrow dancing

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Students explore dance through scarecrow images and movements. They engage in creative play and create simple images.

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