Year 7 looked at insects for their first project in Art this year. The final part of the project tasked students to create a mini clay bug inspired by Japanese Netsuke sculptures. Students were taught how to design these using charcoal and then shown mark making into clay in order to produce these wonderful outcomes below.
Year 10 art students had some exciting lessons this term, when a local ceramic artist, Rachelle Corker, visited the school to hold a series of workshops with them. It was a great opportunity for the students to experiment with clay and glazes, as well as to create some 3D work for their portfolios.Â
Students created their own ceramic tiles in response to Rachelle’s work – pinching, tearing, and modelling abstract shapes and forms directly onto the tile to mimic the natural shapes/textures found in plants, sea creatures, corals and geological formations. Once fired, the tiles were decorated using natural-looking glazes and oxides to bring the tiles to life.
Click on the images below for a closer look!
All photography by Francesca Bunten (Art Technician)
Year 12 Graphics students were tasked with a brief from the English department to re-design covers of some well-known books. Here’s what they came up with.
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Our popular Key Stage 3 Art Club runs after school on Tuesdays with Ms Lillywhite. This term, students have focused on drawing skills and have started with experimental techniques such as warm ups, gesture drawings, left handed and continuous line drawings as well as blind contour portraits where they focused on the subject but had to resist looking at the paper!
Next, they will be moving on to create some large scale images and experiment with different materials, line and form.
7LG2 have made a great start in Art this term with these terrific drawings of bugs!
Take a look below (click on the images for a closer view).
All photography by Francesca Bunten (Art Technician)
Take a look at some of the work produced in the Year 12 Graphics mock exam. Students responded to a variety of starting points, see if you can guess what they were?
Come and take a look at all the wonderful work produced this year!
Year 12 have been working on projects based on a theme of their choice in preparation for their Year 13 Personal Investigation next year.
They have enjoyed experimented with a range of different materials and techniques and investigating the work of both historical and contemporary artists.
Take a look at the sketchbooks below; click on the images for a closer look.
All photography by Francesca Bunten (Art Technician)
Year 12 A Level Photography students have been working to a brief based around the theme of ‘narrative’.
Below are their responses; click on the images for a closer look.
Year 7 students have shown creativity and imagination this term by designing animal hybrids, printing their own bug designs, and making insects from clay! Take a look at their wonderful outcomes and sketchbooks here:
