My Fruit Perry!

Creating my Fruit Perry!

To complete my artwork I had to go through all different types of stages including all the following steps and in the end I had really enjoyed making Perry.

Making my piece of art was very fun but sort of complicated at the same time. In the end though I ended up liking parts of it. I didn't like all of it becuase i was unable to complete it, which I was quiet upset about.

Firstly I recieved a piece of plain red cardboard from Miss Makin and instead of that the rest of the class had to paint their own background using all different tones of red, they did this when I was away!

Secondly I got out my paints and mixed them together until I got the right colours. Once I had made the right colour I got out my smallest brush and started painting the outline of my pear which I named Perry.

Thirdly which was the next lesson I made the same colours as last time and got out my biggest brush. The next thing I knew I was painting my pears seed and soon enough I was painting the whole thing green and at the same time I was squirting paint on my art and was blocking my picture in with my fingers.

Finally, once my painting was practically finished our class got introduced to a lady called Sally Harrison. Sally taught us many things including dot work. I believe this really completed my artwork becuase it wasn't really shown well on my actual painting.

I have really enjoyed creating and painting my fruit Perry and I hope that we are able to paint and dot another object like this.

Introduction for Sally Harrsion

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to Sally Harrison. Sally has had a brilliant career as an artist and has captured the Australian outback with all it's beautiful landscapes and people. She was born on Australia Day which seems very approprivate since, her paintings are based on the Australian bush and people.

Sally is truly remarkable;she is a self taught artist with Aboriginal hertitage. She has drawn upon her experience as one of the "Stolen generation" to produce beautiful dot paintings. She did not start this until she was 43 years old as she was searching for a way to come with her troubled childhood. You can feel the emotion in Sally's paintings as you go on a journey to discover about her childhood and memories.

Sally has been showing her work locally for the past 6 years and has recieved numerous awards such as '2006 best in show' in Ipswich and '2006 Ipswich Art Awards Mayoral Acquistition Prize'. She has even had two solo exhibitons.

I know everyone will enjoy viewing all of the pieces, so take your time and go back with Sally. See how she remembers her childhood days and enjoy the bush scenery and bright and bold colours. Sally truely believes the land will lift her spirits regardless of her promblems. Maybe you can take away a bit of that by looking at her paintings

Thank you

Sally Harrisons Picture

This Picture is of Sally at the front of the boat in the long grass. This picture is full of brightness and dullness. It has been made by using many differnent techniques.

In this pictureI see Sally and many other children including indigenous children. I see lots of dots that make up the grass and the treess and lots of flowers.

In this picture I believe that she has used many different elements including, line,shape,dots,curved lines, straight lines, dark spots, light spots etc.

In this picture I believe Sally has used many different painting techniques including, dark areas, using different materials such as paint brushes, fingers and dot painting bottles. I believe that she has also used curved lines, mixing paints on the painting and so on....