Art

This week, the students completed their beautiful portraits inspired by the artist Amedeo Modigliani.

They learned about his unique style—especially how he painted elongated faces and necks, soft expressions, and often left the eyes empty or simplified to show mystery or emotion.

We explored Modigliani’s life, his love for portraiture, and how he expressed deep feeling through simple forms and soft colours. Using pastel techniques on black paper, the students created their own portraits in Modigliani’s style, blending colours with their fingers and paying close attention to shape and mood.

The final artworks are expressive, bold, and truly personal—just like Modigliani did.
Fantastic work, everyone!

Dear Parents,

We are delighted to invite you to a special Art Exhibition on Friday, June 13th in the school auditorium, featuring selected artworks from Term 2 and Term 3.

This exhibition will showcase the creative and meaningful works of our students, who have shown wonderful enthusiasm and dedication throughout their art classes. We warmly welcome all parents to attend and celebrate the children’s efforts, imagination, and artistic growth.

As Korea is our host country, many of the featured pieces reflect Korean culture and identity, created using traditional Korean materials. The students have also studied the lives and works of prominent Korean artists, which are beautifully represented in their projects.

In addition, the exhibition includes student artworks inspired by world-renowned artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Pablo Picasso, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, and Amedeo Modigliani.

We hope you will join us for this memorable event and enjoy the celebration of our students’ creativity and hard work.

Thank you!

Warm regards,
Miss Yuli
HFS Art Teacher

This week in art class, the children continued exploring the world of Henri Matisse and his joyful cut-out artwork. We learned that Matisse, later in his life, created beautiful pieces using only scissors, paper, and bold colours.

The children looked at some of Matisse’s most inspiring works, like Blue Nude and Circus, and discussed how he used simple shapes and vibrant colours to express movement, emotion, and energy.

Each student then chose their favourite Matisse piece and used it as inspiration to create their own unique cut-out artwork. They carefully cut out organic shapes, arranged them thoughtfully, and glued them onto large paper, just like Matisse did.

It was wonderful to see how every student brought their personality into the work—some made leaf-like patterns, others created dancing figures or abstract designs.

This week, we began learning about the artist Joan Miró. We explored his life and discovered how he expressed his imagination through bold colours, playful shapes, and dreamlike images.

After learning about his background, we took a closer look at his artwork and discussed what makes his style unique—such as the use of bright colours, abstract forms, and whimsical lines. The students shared their favourite pieces and talked about what they liked most about them.

Next week, the students will begin planning and creating their own artworks inspired by Miró’s imaginative style.

We learned about the famous artist Amedeo Modigliani and his unique portrait style. Modigliani was known for painting people with long necks, oval faces, and calm, dreamy eyes. His portraits often had a soft, emotional feeling, and he used gentle colors and smooth lines to show beauty and personality in a simple way.

We looked closely at some of Modigliani’s masterpieces and talked about what made his style special. The students noticed how different his portraits looked compared to realistic ones—and how each painting seemed to tell a quiet story through expression and shape.

After that, the students created their own Modigliani-inspired portraits. They carefully drew long faces and necks, added simple features, and coloured their art using soft tones, just like Modigliani.

Each portrait turned out beautifully, showing how the students understood his unique style and added their own creativity.

It was a wonderful lesson filled with observation, imagination, and self-expression!

This week in art class, the students explored the world of pixel art! After learning about how digital characters and images are made from tiny squares called pixels, they each designed their own creative characters using graph paper.

They carefully planned out each square, colouring them one by one to form unique pixel-style drawings—from cute animals and expressive faces to fun icons and imaginative creatures.

This project helped them understand how digital art works while practicing focus, planning, and colour arrangement.

This week, the students learned about the artist Henri Matisse and explored two of his famous works—”Icarus” and “The Snail.”

They learned that Matisse was a French artist who used bold colours and shapes. When he became too ill to paint, he started making art by cutting shapes from paper—a technique called cut-outs.

Students used scissors and glue to create their own art inspired by Matisse.

They cut out bold shapes to make figures like Icarus flying in the sky or colourful snails using squares and curves. Through this fun activity, they practiced creativity, shape recognition, and composition—just like Matisse did!

This week, the students had lots of fun designing their own umbrellas!

They used permanent markers to draw on the curved surface and filled the umbrellas with fun pictures like animals, characters, and rain scenes. They learned how to turn a plain umbrella into a work of art by thinking about shapes and space.

Each umbrella shows their own personality and creativity. Everyone did a great job!
We will colour and finish them in the next lesson.

This week in art class, the students created beautiful nature-inspired artworks using the hanji collage technique. Hanji is traditional Korean paper made from mulberry trees, known for its strength, texture, and soft, fibrous feel. This project gave students the chance to explore Korean materials while building their creativity and fine motor skills.

Students worked on large green foam boards and used a tearing technique to design either waterlilies or orchids, both of which are common themes in traditional Korean art.

Through this project, students learned how to carefully tear, layer, and glue hanji paper to create beautiful textures. They also practiced observing natural shapes and lines before turning them into art. Most importantly, they learned how orchids and waterlilies carry deep meaning in Korean culture—representing elegance, peace, and purity.

The final works are vibrant and full of personal expression. Everyone did an amazing job blending traditional Korean art with their own creativity!

This week in art class, students explored Korean traditional ink painting by creating their own artwork on folding fans using black ink. This hands-on activity introduced them to classic Korean aesthetics and helped them develop brush control, creativity, and a deeper appreciation for traditional art.

We learned about Sumukhwa (수묵화), a style of painting that uses black ink and expressive brushstrokes instead of bright colours. We explored traditional Korean subjects like pine trees (strength), bamboo (honesty), birds (freedom), and flowers (beauty and seasons), and talked about what they symbolize.

Students practiced using brushes to create different lines and textures, focusing on rhythm, movement, and natural expression. Each student painted a nature-inspired scene on a traditional-style paper fan, not just copying but expressing their own interpretation through confident brushwork.

The results were beautiful and unique—some featured delicate birds, others showed bold trees or blooming flowers. The project also introduced the idea of art as something both useful and beautiful, just like traditional fans in Korean culture.

It was a wonderful way to connect with Korean heritage, and the students did an amazing job expressing both skill and emotion through their art. Great work, everyone!

This week, Yeseo shared where she would like to go in a hot air balloon and then created her very own colorful hot air balloon artwork.

She also explored the texture of sandpaper and had the opportunity to draw an animal of her choice directly onto it.

Even though she is young, Yeseo does a wonderful job expressing her ideas through drawing. She received lots of praise this week—and even earned five beautiful stickers!

We’re so proud of her.
See you next week for another fun and creative art lesson!