ART PROGRAM

AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPES

STAGE 3
OUTCOMES VAS2.4
VAS3.2
VAS3.3
INDICATORS -examines the use of concepts to selected forms and
experiments with the abstract qualities of landscapes
-identifies the connections between subject matter and the
media and techniques used
-recognises that an artist may have a different interpretation of
the artwork to that of the audience
SUBJECT AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPES
MATTER
FORMS Drawing, Painting, Printing,
RESOURCES RESOURCES: works of John Wolseley and Paddy Bedford,
bush areas within the school, selected flowers, insects and
bones
MATERIALS: oil pastels, watercolour paints, acrylic paints,
Artline pens, insect stamps, rubbing crayons, collage paper,
charcoal
APPRECIATION -expresses opinions about how well subjects are represented
and appreciates the skills involved
-recognises that views about artworks can change over time
and are affected by life experiences
- considers a range of artworks and can talk about their
response to their own and others concepts
PERSPECTIVES Environment, Contemporary Technology
LINKS HSIE

ASSESSMENT Students were able to:

-manipulate different media within the form to show qualities
of the subject matter
-emphasise or exaggerate qualities of the subject matter by
focusing on details and relating the media to it
- verbally clarify their art to their peer audience
LEARNING EXPERIENCES

STAGE 3
SUBJECT MATTER : AUSTRALIAN
LANDSCAPES

1. MACROCOSMS & MICROCOSMS DURATION: Six Lessons

Students will-
- Look at the work of John Wolseley and his concentration on the
macrocosm and the microcosms in Australian landscapes
- Dissect his artworks listing media, subject matter, colour ranges and
the scope of his viewpoint
- Fold a large piece of artpaper in half, then again , then again, resulting
in 8 equal rectangles and mark the corner of each rectangle with a
weather icon
- Discuss the things that make up a landscape
- Complete a series of excercises both in the classroom and in the
surrounding bush ie. – draw the four horizons in one rectangle
- mark the compass points on the horizons
- gather 2 different leaves to make rubbings
- watercolour a seedpod or flower in one rectangle
- redraw a large insect in another area
- use oil pastel to fill 2 areas with a scribbly gum
- add text about the day and conditions
- collage torn text onto the piece
- Make a series of tracks across the work
- open the artwork up and finish each line
- use earth tones to watercolour the land
- use greens to colour the foliage
- include a symbol legend
- Complete the work by critically viewing it and deciding on what else is
necessary
- Compare their work to John Wolseley and identify the microcosms and
macrocosms

Date Completed Revised / Extended / Comment

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 2. PADDY BEDFORD LANSCAPES DURATION: Three Lessons
Students will-
- View the work of aboriginal artist Paddy Bedford
- Discuss the types of landscapes he paints and the lack of detail that he
sees in the Australian outback
- Use small pieces of artpaper to draw basic shapes of rocks, trees and
waterways
- Simplify these shapes into a series of lines
- Compose two of these shapes into a basic landscape
- Use charcoal on large artpaper within a drawn border to reproduce the
composition
- Smudge the charcoal with their finger to soften the lines
- Paint with a palette of white, sepia and yellow acrylic paint filling in
the areas inside the charcoal shapes allowing the paint to pick up
charcoal and discolour the light paint
- When dry use the charcoal again to delineate the form and the border,
again smudging the lines to soften them
- Verbally clarify the forms within their landscape to their peers and
interpreting the colours in the work

Date Completed Revised / Extended / Comment