Wild At Art

Each Year 5 Red student recently created a unique artwork featuring one of Australia’s many threatened native animals and plants, along with a short written component on their chosen species. Together with teacher Drew Holmes, they submitted their masterpieces to the ‘Wild at Art’ competition.

Wild At Art is Australia’s biggest wildlife art competition for kids. It’s an opportunity for children to unleash their artistic creativity while learning about Australia’s threatened animals and plants – and the threats facing them.

Student Submissions

Two children’s drawings side by side: left, a wolf near a glowing cave titled Trapped In Extinction by Ruby; right, a brown and green loggerhead turtle swimming, titled Loggerhead turtle by Inigo.

A child's drawing of an underwater scene with a green flatback sea turtle, fish, sea plants, and a brown boat on the blue water's surface, signed Joe.

Two children’s artworks are shown. Left: a dark hill with yellow flowers and save me in white clouds above. Right: a turtle with a mosaic shell on a sandy background. Captions read “Cam: A Single Star” and “Ophelia: Bellinger River Snapping Turtles”.

Two children’s drawings side by side: on the left, a mountain frog with the words SAVE THE MOUNTAIN FROGS; on the right, a Gang-Gang Cockatoo perched on a branch with trees and a sun in the background.

Two colourful children's drawings: on the left, a green dinosaur or lizard in a split orange and green scene; on the right, a rock wallaby stands on green grass with rocky hills and a sunset in the background.

Two children's drawings: Left, a brown animal holding a baby escapes a fire with trees, smoke, and flames; titled Ida: The Back Burning Escape. Right, a bee hovers near a pink flower; titled Beverly: Nature’s Hidden Gem.

Two coloured drawings: On the left, a green and brown coiled sea snake on a blue background; on the right, a grey, yellow-snouted gecko with red stripes standing on green grass. Captions credit Isaac and Astrid for the artwork.

Two children’s drawings: on the left, a red-tailed black cockatoo flying against a blue sky; on the right, an Australian fur seal sitting upright in a sketchy, grey-toned setting. Each is labelled with the artist’s name.

Two children’s drawings: left, a grey snake slithers over brown ground beneath a green sky; right, a colourful bird with wide wings flies over grass with blue sky and trees. Captions: “Luca: Grey Snake” and “Lucas: The Colourful Bird.”.

Two childlike drawings: Left, a black-and-white striped sea snake with a large orange fish in a blue underwater scene. Right, a round brown quokka in green grass with a stick, labelled with artists' names and animal names below.

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