Blog by Tag: Art and Design

Year 1- Painting 

We have been very busy in Year 1 this afternoon. We have been developing different brushstrokes and learning the dip,dip,dab method when applying paint. We made different marks with the primary colours- circles,dots and large ‘c’ shapes. 

The children created their own design by drawing around 3D shapes and then they painted each section using primary colours.

Y2 enjoyed drawing their own shape picture and painting using primary colours.

After reading the story of ‘The Three Little Pig's’ Rosie used the lightbox to make her own house.  We love the colours that shine through on the box. 

We have been exploring patterns and repeats.  Using stones and pebbles we made some firework patterns, carefully following lines, developing their visual accuracy and fine motor skills.  

This week we have been exploring clay making different shapes to create mini-beasts. This is helping us to improve our fine motor skills. 

As part of our Communication and Language work, we have been reading the book Home by Carson Ellis.  The children have been building different homes within the nursery provision.  They have produced some fantastic creations.  

A group of children from Year 3 and Mrs Blackledge allowed us to observe a Pupil Book Study taking place in the newly opened Library this afternoon.

The children were asked lots of questions and answered enthusiastically about the techniques they had learnt about like 'tonking' and…

This week we are learning about the work of Andy Goldsworthy known as Nature’s Artist.  Inspired by his work we have been using a variety of natural materials to create faces and patterns.  

During this term we have been looking at the work of Freidensreich Hundertwasser. 

Using his paintings as our inspiration we designed and painted our own versions of his work.

Today, we completed our unit on drawing by adding some finishing touches to our self portraits inspired by the legendary Frida Kahlo.

The children listened to six contrasting pieces of music. Using paints, pastels, crayons and pencils the children made marks to represent the music.