Children’s Eye Spy Wonder Trail

April 2008

Follow the EYE symbols that form a trail leading to the art works. Find the 3 pen stations near the art to fill in your answers.

Art Galleryof Western Australia

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Return to the Art Gallery to visit our fabulousWonderland family activity spaceopening on Saturday 28 Juneand Family DayWatercolours6 July

7 British Modern By John Brack

What is the main colour used in this painting? Circle your answer;green, white, red, orange, yellow or brown.

How does the artist show that the people are dancing?

How are they feeling?

6 Patterdale, Van Dieman’s Land By John Glover

This landscape was painted a long time ago. It shows Indigenous people going about their daily lives. Notice the person climbing a Eucalyptus tree, they are heading for a hole in the tree trunk. What do you think they might be looking for?

In the white space on your booklet draw your suggestions.

1 Seeing by Yuki Shibutani

This is a sculpture by a Japanese student.Walk carefully all around the sculpture.

What age would you guess the boy to be?

What do you think he is doing?

When the shape of a sculpture creates holes they are called negative spaces.

How many can you see in this sculpture?

3 Mistrust, uneasiness, discomfort by Hatty Drummond

Walk all around the 3 figures, notice all the colour pencils as decoration on the middle figure.

What are the colours of the pencils?

What is the first thing you notice about the faces?

Draw your face with funny features in the white space on your booklet.

4 Hands of Time by Robert Campbell Jnr

This painting is by an Indigenous artist. Look carefully to find; echidna, spears, comb, rooster, and the number 3. When was this painting painted?

How many legs can you count?

2 Urban Jungle by Alison Fisher

This is a colourful painting full of similar shapes that form a decorative pattern.

Can you find; teddy bear, cup, fish, pineapple and a clock?

Stand back from this work, what shape can you see?

5 Floral by Howard Arkley

Look carefully at this work, how does it make your eyes feel? Stand further away and see if it appears less blurry.

Look for repeated shapes which create pattern. How do you think it was made? The artist used stencils and sprayed paint. Which of the 2 main colours did you notice first? Cream, blue, pink, green or orange.