Creative Arts - Environmental art

About this program

Environmental Art programs at Bournda have been specifically designed to assist students in learning about their natural environment. The following art activities have been developed for Stage 2 students.

An environmental art program is designed to develop skills in the following areas:

  1. Collection and observation of material for investigation
  2. Classification of objects
  3. Recording, drawing or making models of objects
  4. An interest and understanding of the natural environment

Each of the art activities are designed to heighten observational skills and expand visual expression by using a variety of techniques and materials.

Environmental Art can be run as a whole day program, or one or more activities can be run in conjunction with any other Bournda programs.

an image of a drawing of a goanna in brown and white on black paper
an image of two students sitting on rocks outside in a bush location each focused on the drawings they are doing
Syllabus Outcomes

Creative Arts K-6

Stage 2

VAS2.1

Represents the qualities of experiences and things that are interesting or beautiful* by choosing among aspects of subject matter.

VAS2.2

Uses the forms to suggest the qualities of subject matter.

* ‘Beautiful’ within this outcome does not simply mean ‘pretty’ but rather something that excites and arouses awe,
wonder, fascination and delight.

Leaning intention

Students learn to:

• develop their artistic intentions in artmaking and consider how these affect the look of the work, its details and an audience’s response
• select and explore different aspects of subject matter in particular ways in their making of artworks
• use particular artistic traditions guided by the teacher’s instruction in artmaking and experiment with techniques, tools and graphic schema (eg in drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking and digital works)

Excursion activities

Marine Design
A design based on marine animals created by experimenting with colour and texture using oil-pastels and a scratch-back technique.
Reptiles
A design based on reptiles using charcoal pencils in earth colours and emphasising space.
Butterfly Poster
A collage exercise using brightly coloured pre-pasted paper to explore aspects of colour, symmetry and overlapping shapes.

Important information

Cost
$5 per student per day.
Location
Staff will liaise with you to discuss the best location in Bournda NP to meet for your program.

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