Blog by Tag: Art and Design

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.

As part of our RSHE work, the children have been looking at self - portraits and what makes us special and unique. The children then used loose parts to create a self portraits! 

Year 1- Cross-hatching 

We have been learning about cross-hatching in art today. We used charcoal, pencils and pens to make the marks and smudged some of the marks with our fingers. 

Texture Artwork in Year 1

The children have been very busy in Year 1 this week looking at various textures. They looked at the materials and talked about the different textures before gluing them onto a flat surface. 
 

“ I wish I could do this every day.” 

We have been learning about subtractive drawing. This is an art technique that involves covering a surface with charcoal or graphite and then erasing parts of it to create an image.

The children focused on creating a setting or landscape in the style of Frank Auerbach.

Our Taster Day!

Today, the whole of Y6 visited HFCHS for our final transition day! The day was planned around the school’s upcoming production of Frozen later this term. The children were able to take part in lessons in drama, music and art.

Music

Working with Mrs Pellow, the children…