Analyse the artwork

Student activity
Visual Arts: Year 5 and Year 6

This is the student activity 1 of 3 of the Make a painting learning activity.

Task No. 1

Analysing line and shape

Pyrmont Expressway, 1984

Questions:

What lines can you see in this painting?

Where do the lines start and where do they end?

Imagine you are painting them – move your arms in the direction you would need to create these lines. Can you see how the artist would have had to move to create this artwork?