Starch Art

“Art made from Starch?”  Last week Friday, My class and I had to make art with starch made from corn.  I know it sounds weird but I was very excited.  It was a new technique for me to make art.

To make the art, we had to draw a sketch of the New Zealand landscape.  I chose a picture with a mountain in it because I liked how the sun was behind the mountain.  We then had to go to the hall so the starch could be made.  The starch was made from corn powder and hot water.  

I then had to set up tables so everyone could take a seat and make their starch art.  When the starch was finished, everyone who had a sketch done was allowed to put starch on it.  When the starch was put on my art, it was still hot so I could see steam coming from it.  From the way the starch looked, I would say it looked like goo.  

I also had to put dye on my art so the teachers put dye on the starch to rub.  Rubbing my hands on the starch felt rather nice.  It was soft, gooey and also warm so my fingers were relaxed.  I had to rub my hands on the art where the starch was placed.  There also was a problem where if you leave the starch on your artwork for a long time, it would get cold and hard.  We had to put different colours on the art so what we had to do was wash our hands in a bin filled with water.  Imagine that!  It was cleaned so I didn’t worry.

With the art done and looking nice, we had to leave the artwork in our classrooms until Monday.  Before we did that, we had to carefully carry the art with newspaper to the classroom.  I was a little bit worried because the wind was trying to make my art fly away like someone was trying to steal it.  

When I went back on Monday to check on my artwork, it looked great.  I had to remove from the newspaper and that was quite hard.  The art got stuck on the newspaper like it was like glued on.  It was hard because the art ripped a tiny bit so I had to make sure there were no rips.

Samoan Artwork

Mug Design

WALT: design our own NZ Milo mug.  

This is the mug design for our art.  We had to make a mug that had New Zealand designs on it to prove that is is from New Zealand.  On my design, I used Maori words instead of drawings because using words is easier and it also shows that the mug is from New Zealand.  We first had to draw four or more designs on paper then choose one that we had to do on our mug.  Then we had to draw the design on the mug and then use a marker to complete the design.  

Fizzing And Foaming Art

This is the art I made for Fizzing and Foaming.  We did this because it was part of our science experiment where we put mentos into different cups and bottles coke was poured in.

Raewyn Harris

I have been inspired by Raewyn Harris.  She is a teacher and a artist from hawkes bay.  I was inspired to make her maori art.

Mosaic Art

Kaleidoscope Art

This site is called Kaleidoscope Painter.  On this site you can make your own Kaleidoscope art.  This site is very fun because you can make anything on this site.  Click on the link if you want to use this site:

http://permadi.com/java/spaint/spaint.html

My Chinese Dragon

When the Chinese New Year started, our school started to work on festivals.  My class worked on the Chinese New Year.  We had to make lanterns and draw Chinese dragons.  This is the Chinese dragon I drew.  

Art - Scumbling

Drawing Techniques

Natasha Shakleton

WALT:create art by studying Natasha Shackleton.

Natasha Shackleton is a full time artist.  She was born in Otago New Zealand.  She was born in an artistic family.  She loves to portrait mood, emotion and character.  Natasha Shackleton also studied NZ birds and landscapes.  She will draw anything from landses.  She can work with any medium from acrylic paint to photo realism style.  Her artworks can be found in homes and offices throughout New Zealand and the world.  Her artwork inspired me because her art is all about NZ birds and landscapes.

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