The Process of making an artwork

Working though a process to make a piece of art continued today.

After being exposed to local art works, photos and books about West Auckland history, the students sketched images that were of interest to them.
We talked about art telling a story. Many of the students are interested in how things have changes over the years and what to tell the story of this.

After the images had been drawn I got the students to draw a pattern using triangles, rectangles or circles. This design became the layout for displaying their images to tell the story.
Examples of the patterns






See the photos that show the process of drawing images then putting them into a composition. The composition is a ‘rough’ (sketch plan) of the final artwork. This is one students work and a good example of the work done by all the students.

The students were given a choice of medium to make their artwork. All have chosen painting. Next week we will start the creating process. Undoubtedly there will be many more skills they will have to learn as they begin to paint.