Art

To celebrate Chuseok, the Year 5–6 students created their own versions of the traditional Korean folk painting “Magpie and Tiger.” Using traditional materials such as Korean rice paper (hanji) and black ink with brushes, they expressed their unique feelings and creativity through their artworks.

The children showed an incredible level of focus and actively participated in the lesson, which made me very happy.

I hope this time helped the children build a stronger appreciation and understanding of Korean culture.

To celebrate Chuseok, we learned words related to the holiday such as Chuseok, family, full moon, wish, and Hangawi. The children practiced writing these words with a traditional Korean brush, gaining a deeper understanding of Korean culture. We also explored the meaning of Jangseung (traditional totem poles) and each student expressed their own interpretation by creating character drawings of Jangseung. I hope this time helped the children build a stronger appreciation and understanding of Korean culture.

Year 1-2 students took part in a special art activity to celebrate the upcoming Chuseok holiday.

They learned about traditional Korean patterns and their meanings while making cheongsachorong lanterns.

The children discovered that blue represents yin and red represents yang, and they created their own unique lanterns using the patterns they designed.

In Korea, there is a tradition of looking at the bright full moon during Chuseok and making wishes.

To celebrate this, the children expressed their own wishes in words and drawings beside a full moon illustration I had prepared. Their wishes were diverse—though simple and childlike, many of them were both admirable and touching.

I hope parents will enjoy seeing these heartfelt wishes when they join us for the Chuseok event.

Year 3–4 students completed the bird and landscape paintings they began last week. They carefully observed the demonstration on how to control tones and then applied what they learned to colour the backgrounds, successfully finishing their artworks.

Afterwards, in preparation for the upcoming Chuseok holiday, the students took part in a special art activity. They learned about traditional Korean patterns and their meanings while creating cheongsachorong lanterns. They discovered that blue represents yin and red represents yang, and used their own designed patterns to make unique lanterns.

This week, our Year 5–6 students continued exploring the theme of “Spider-Man in Action.” They practised drawing Spider-Man in a variety of dynamic poses and, after completing their drawings, selected different background images to place their characters against. This created powerful, movie-like scenes of Spider-Man swinging and clinging to the city.

Students who finished this project moved on to a special activity in celebration of the upcoming Chuseok holiday. They explored different versions of the traditional Korean folk painting “The Magpie and the Tiger,” and began sketching their own interpretations of the artwork. It will be exciting to see how their pieces develop into unique and imaginative creations in the coming weeks.

This week, the Year 7-9 students continued their studies on the element of art: value. They practised drawing spheres and cylinders, steadily improving their pencil shading techniques and developing a deeper understanding of light and shadow. Their ability to use gradual tones to create realistic three-dimensional forms has shown significant progress.

After completing this exercise, the students turned their focus to a cultural project in celebration of Chuseok. They were introduced to a short Korean folktale and then explored the tiger character that inspired the design of a modern Netflix animation, Demon Hunters. Using this as motivation, they created their own tiger characters.

Once completed, these tiger artworks will be used in a Chuseok event, where students will enjoy a traditional-style game called “Throwing Rice Cakes into the Tiger’s Mouth.”

This combination of skill-building and cultural exploration made for a meaningful and creative week in art.

This week, the children worked on two exciting art activities. First, they explored symmetry by creating tiger faces. They learned how both sides of the tiger’s face mirror each other, and they practised drawing and completing the shapes to understand balance and proportion.

Next, the students created beautiful night sky paintings using a splattering technique. By flicking paint, they made starry effects that brought their skies to life. They then combined these techniques with their own creative ideas to complete their artwork.

The projects helped the children to practise observation, control, and imagination, while having lots of fun experimenting with new techniques.

This week, the year3-4 students learned how to control water and paint to create different tones of colour while painting sparrows. By adjusting the amount of water in their brushes, they explored how colours can change from dark and rich to light and soft.

The children practised layering and blending, carefully painting the sparrow’s feathers, branches, and background. Each artwork showed a wonderful use of tone and detail, and the students really enjoyed experimenting with watercolour techniques.

It was a great opportunity for them to develop both their painting skills and patience, while also appreciating the beauty of nature through art.

This week, the Year 5–6 students had an exciting time combining their creativity with two projects.

Some children finished their Op Art creations, carefully completing their bold designs with patterns and optical illusions.

At the same time, we explored our Spider-Man in action project. Using different city building images as a background, the children drew Spider-Man in a variety of dynamic poses, from climbing to swinging through the streets. They then placed their characters onto the buildings to create dramatic movie-style scenes.

It was wonderful to see how each student interpreted Spider-Man’s movements in their own way, making every artwork unique. The lesson was full of energy, imagination, and fun.

This week, our Year 7–9 students explored one of the important elements of art: Value. They learned how artists use lightness and darkness to create depth, dimension, and realism in their work.

Students practised creating a 9-step value scale using both pencil and paint. This exercise helped them understand how value can be gradually changed from light to dark.

They then applied this knowledge to draw a realistic cube, carefully shading to show light, mid-tones, and shadows. The results were fantastic and showed a great understanding of how value brings drawings to life.

Well done to all our students for their hard work and creativity this week!