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Spring Holiday Workshops 2019. kids art classes kids drawing kids painting kids printmaking kids sculpture spring holiday workshops threatened species Oct 12, 2019

We had a wonderful two weeks of spring school holiday workshops with plenty of spring-themed artworks being created in a wide range of modalities.

Our students had loads of fun creating clay sculptures, paintings on canvases and papier-mache bowls. 'Still, life' of flowers and a sweet spring birds...

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Art Box Workshops award winning art school 2019. animal conservation kids art classes kids art exhibition kids design kids drawing kids painting kids printmaking native australian animals native australian flowers threatened species Sep 07, 2019

Thank you to our term two art students who had worked so hard creating such beautiful artworks on their chosen threatened species.
Our student-created an individual artwork and also joined the whole class to create one group artwork.

Each year our students enter their artworks into the ...

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Award winning artwork - Cool Owls of Sydney. animal conservation kids art competiton kids art exhibition kids collaborative art kids design kids drawing kids painting kids printmaking term two threatened species Aug 07, 2019

Cool Owls of Sydney

We chose the Powerful Owl because we thought it looked cool, being so large with its massive claws and being able to catch and eat such large prey such as possums.
 
We love the fact that this giant Owl lives so close to our homes in Sydney, but unfortunately, the...
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Art books of threatened species - Hand made by students. animal conservation art book kids design kids drawing kids painting kids printmaking native australian animals native australian flowers threatened species Aug 07, 2019

Concertina Books of Threatened Species

Our teenage students had the opportunity to create a concertina book to display the threatened species that they were most concerned about, descriptions of each artwork from top to bottom.

The barrier range dragon by Lucinda
Lucinda chose The Barrier Range...

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Collaborative Artwork - Bellinger River Snapping Turtle. animal conservation kids art competiton kids collaborative art kids design kids drawing kids painting kids printmaking native australian animals native australian flowers Aug 05, 2019

Turtles Need Bellinger River To Be Kept Clean

Our students fell in love with the Bellinger River snapping turtle and were sad with the thought that they could become extinct because of the Logging that is commencing on the headwaters and tributaries of three important N.S.W rivers; Kalang,...
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Collaborative artworks - Brolga Crane and Sunshine Wattle. animal conservation kids art classes kids collaborative art kids design kids drawing kids painting kids printmaking native australian animals native australian flowers Aug 05, 2019

Brolga Gathering on Limited Wetlands

Our younger students chose the Brolga Crane, as it is one of Australia's largest and most iconic birds. The name comes from the Aboriginal language Gamilaraay, which they are called Burralga.

Our art class was fascinated watching their courting dance, and...

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Collaborative artworks - Corroboree Frog and Swamp Orchid. animal conservation kids art classes kids collaborative art kids design kids drawing kids painting kids printmaking native australian animals native australian flowers Aug 05, 2019

Fungus Threatens Frogs

The Corroboree Frog is found in south-eastern NSW and the ACT. It is a very tiny amphibian weighing only 3 grams and no bigger than 3 cm. Although small in size they have very unique patterns; bold yellow and black longitudinal stripes on its top, sides and legs and...
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Winter Holiday Workshops 2019. kids art classes kids drawing kids painting kids sculpture winter holiday workshops Jul 17, 2019

Thank you to all of the students that attended the winter workshops we have full attendance and a large variety of mediums and creative experiences for our students to try out including sculpting their favourite dog painting the snowfields and an up-close representation of the fascinating...

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Easter Holiday Workshops 2019. easter holiday workshops kids art classes kids design kids drawing kids painting kids sculpture native australian animals native australian flowers May 03, 2019

Art box Workshops has been invited to exhibit at North Sydney councils 'In Transit' art space during the North Sydney Children's Festival in October.

 

This years theme is Animalia, and we have been developing workshops that represent North Sydney, showcasing animals in our local area, so...

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Term one, 2019: Fundamentals of drawing and painting - Favourite things. kids art classes kids design kids drawing kids painting still life term one Apr 10, 2019

Drawing and painting your favourite things

Term one art classes start with teaching our primary school students the fundamentals of drawing and painting. This year our student's learned how to draw and paint their favourite personal objects.

In the first four couple of weeks, our students...

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Summer Holiday Workshops 2019. kids art classes kids design kids drawing kids painting kids printmaking kids sculpture summer holiday Jan 30, 2019

Happy 2019
Already children have enjoyed time at the beach or the spectacular outdoor areas around Sydney.


We create workshops that may reflect their experiences such as "Summer swimming" the student create a self-portrait of themselves swimming in the sea using techniques such as watercolour and...

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