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Our Year 8 students viewed many different examples the Art of Friedensreich Hundertwasser. The Austrian
painter, architect and ecologist used bold bright colours, explored pattern, repetition of shapes and
lines in his paintings.

We explored his style through a wide variety of paintings and architecture and focused particularly on his
imaginative use of repetitive line, pattern and spirals.

The representation of buildings, landforms, trees, faces and his boat is more distorted fantasy than
realism. As a class we discussed and brainstormed as many descriptive words relating to his artwork as
possible on the board.

A passage from Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when the characters first enter the
amazing factory was read to the students as they sketched possibilities for a fantasy land. The
students created a series of design ideas for their landscape before refining and developing one final
idea.

In one class the students sketched lightly in pencil and then all the line work was drawn with wax crayons.
Some metallic crayons were used for highlights. The completed drawing was then painted with
watercolours. The resist method gave emphasis to the drawn lines and allowed the drawing to shine
through the paint.

In the other class, students started with a light pencil underdrawing of their fantasy landscape. Once
completed, students applied watercolour paints, being careful to allow each section to dry before
painting the one next to it to avoid colours bleeding into one another. The line work was then
emphasised using a gold pen to add detail and create pattern.

The students were inspired and influenced by this unrestrained yet controlled approach to design,
responding imaginatively and creatively to the task. It was interesting to compare the different
compositions and aesthetic qualities that the students created through the use of different mediums and
scale. They completed this unit by writing an art appreciation visual analysis piece on one of
Hundertwasser’s paintings.

Emma Davidson and Jenny Schwab
Our Lady of Sion
Box Hill
Suitable for Year 8