Over the past term, Year 2 students have been exploring the fantasy variety of visual experience, imagining all sorts of weird and wonderful monsters. We shared the stories ‘Ten Monster Islands’ written by Doug McLeod and illustrated by Terry Denton, and ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. We also examined the artworks of Pitjantjatjara artists from Central Australia: Harry Tjutjuna (Spiderman) and Nura Rupert’s Mamu (Spooky Spirits). Our black and white collages use contrasting tones and shape as the preliminary design work for a fibre art piece using felt. I would not like to encounter any of these scary beasts in the night!
Mrs Ann McDermott
Junior School Specialist Teacher (Visual Arts)