Visual Arts

Our Year 7 students have been undertaking a unit of work called Maayal Gunnu (Animal) Dreaming where they have learned about our first nations people's close ties to the Dreamtime, in particular to the land and its animals.  The students investigated a variety of Dreamtime stories that featured animals and in doing so created a lino print that symbolised the essence of a chosen Dreamtime story. They experienced cutting lino with various tools to create different lines and textures in bringing their images to life.  The students also learned about positive and negative shapes to create images that were dynamic in composition.  Some students were able to extend their images by cutting up their less than perfect prints to reconfigure them in creating new designs. I think you would agree that they have done very lovely work.