Year 5 Dorothy Dehner Inspired Sculptures

This term Year 5 have been exploring the work of the Action Painters and looking at 20th Century sculptor, Dorothy Dehner. The students began by using different objects from home and nature to create experimental marks onto cardboard using poster paint before cutting shapes from the cardboard and slotting them together.

Archie  

Esme 

Oliver 

William 

Pottery Activity

This term has been a new beginning for the Pottery Department as Bethan Jones has taken over as the pottery teacher from Allan Peacey, who ran the department for 27 years. 

The children in Year 4-8 are lucky enough to have the opportunity to join pottery activity run on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. 

Year 6 Arcimboldo Inspired Watercolour Food Portraits

Evie 6F

Lyra 6DS

Mary 6DS

Max 6DS

Phoebe 6C

Saskia 6DS

Savannah 6C

Tilly 6C

Selection of Art Work by Scholar, Jemima K

Skull still life - pencil on paper

skull still life - acrylic on canvas board 

Self Portrait - mixed media on paper 

Year 5 Art Day

On the 16th June Year 5 were lucky enough to have a day packed full of Art. The children had the opportunity to try out their cartooning skills with cartoonist Oliver Preston; experimental mark making with fine art textile designer Lizzie Weir; outdoor nature drawings with artist Gemma Waters and pottery with potter and poet Alan Peacey. 

Year 7 Art Workshop with Illustrator Emma Dibben

On the 9th of May Year 7 were lucky enough to have illustrator, Emma Dibben carry out workshops for the day. Emma is well known for her illustrations of food and food packaging, particularly for Waitrose. First Emma taught the children how to draw out the fruit and vegetables using pencil, then applying watercolour, using washes of paint and splatters before adding finer details. It was a great day, with an impressive level of work created by the year group and I hope some of them may have been inspired by Emma to become illustrators one day. 

A selection of pieces created by the year group: 

Anna  7JLB

Georgie 7JLB

Hannie 7D

Harry 7JLB

Hermione 7D

Jemima 7T

Lawrie 7T

Rosie 7D

Sam 7D

Year 4 Watercolour and Oil Pastel Leaf Patterns

Breezy 4R

Quitterie 4SM

Roddy 4R

Sam 4R

William 4H

Year 6 Australian Aboriginal Dot Paintings

This term in Art Year 6 have been exploring the dot paintings made by the Australian Aboriginal people. They firstly chose six symbols before planning out their painting and then painting them in acrylic using paintbrushes and cotton buds. The students took special care to think about the colours they were using and the placement of the symbols. 

Flora Scurr 6R 

Holly Bullock 6C

Luca Webb 6DS

Mathilde 6C

Poppy 6F

Rosalind 6DS

Saskia 6R

Savannah 6C

Year 7 African/Cubist Masks

Hannie 7D

Hermione  7D

Mungo 7D

Johnny  7JLB