Category: Art

Year 10 have been exploring the mosaic works of Antoni Gaudi. Here, they have created a silk painting and framed their work using the lines and shapes you would find in Gaudi's work.

Year 8 have been investigating Ancient Egypt - culture, customs, beliefs and artwork. Pupils explored the pattern and shapes used in Egyptian art and crafts, to create a monoprint based on this. To develop their designs further they added paint and metallic pens. 
 

Laura Kate Pontefract artist and illustrator worked with KS2 pupils during a sensory workshop to explore themes and ideas for a sensory art corridor - animals, space, sport, puzzles .... Pupil ideas will be used by Laura to design our own personalised wall and corridor art.

Year 10 pupil has been developing his ceramics skills in Art diarising his creation at various stages.

Ceramics process of

• making the clay flexible
• giving the clay form
• baking the clay
• glazing the ceramic 
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Y8 have developed their skills using charcoal to create African maps. Learning about Ancient Egypt pupils created the African continent using metallic acrylic paint to reflect the opulence of Ancient Egyptian art and artefacts.

Year 8 pupils have been exploring the properties of charcoal and learning about the history of charcoal in art. Here, they've explored ruler effects using blending techniques, they've used both vine and loose charcoal to form tonal value abstract designs.

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Year 7 have started to learn about the different viewpoints used in art. They have looked at aerial (birds' eye), level and worm's eye view. Here they have drawn their own interpretation of aerial, level and worms eye view drawings.

Key stage 3 pupils have been developing their ceramic and design skills during children's mental health week to produce their final emoji characters.

Year 9 have been learning about tessellation art and the links to mathematics and optical illusions. Pupils explored MC Escher's tessellations and created their own tessellated fish designs. They explored organic and geometric line and pattern to add detail to their fish backgrounds. 

KS2 have been learning about the art movement Cubism. Pupils explored fracturing techniques by using masking tape to form a Cubist style background design. Pupils used sponge painting skills to paint between the tape and then peeled it off to reveal an abstract Cubist design.

Year 10 explored the art movement Fauvism an Avant Garde style of art which followed Post Impressionism. Characteristics of Fauvism include

• simplified shapes
• bright bold colours often with dark edges.

Pupils used these principles to create animal print designs. 

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Year 10 during their 1:1 ceramic sessions and have been exploring textural effects using different tools and techniques. They have mounted and presented their work onto painted canvasses and experimented with dry brushing techniques, linking to their work on expressionism and neo…