This week, Year 5 have enjoyed learning about the artist Claude Monet. We spent time researching the artist to learn lots about him and understand the importance of his art pieces. We learnt about his life as an artist, how he took up the career, and how he was thought Read more
Year 3 have enjoyed researching and recreating work around the artist Henri Rousseau. A naive French artist who was discovered by Pablo Picasso. He was a great inspiration for the Avant Guard movement. Here are some of our art pieces and artist studies
This week has been arts week and we have learning about Artist David Hockney. We created a fact page about him, drew a picture of his famous Garrowby Hill and then coloured in pictures of his artwork using the computer.
For this year’s art week theme – The Natural World, Year 1 have studied the artist Andy Goldsworthy, we have collected and remembered facts, looked at his artwork, collaged a fact file and then created our own pieces inspired by Andy Goldsworthy. During cool time, some of us practised what Read more
This week is art week! Year 4 are studying the artist Vincent Van Gogh. Today we created some artist research pages all about him.
This week’s Art Club was inspired by contemporary artist Jen Stark. Jen is best known for creating optical art using bright colours in patterns and drips that mimic the intricate motifs found in nature. The children used the drip detailing to create a beach scene. We focused on creativity and Read more
This week Year 5 have been learning about the famous impressionist artist, Claude Monet. We have spent time learning facts about his life and his importance in the art world. We discovered that Monet is considered to be one of the founders of the impressionist art movement and one of Read more
This week in Art Club we took our inspiration from Roy Lichtenstein. Roy Lichtenstein is famous for using Ben-Day dots in his artwork, a technique used to create a pop art aesthetic. The children used carbon copy paper and tracing paper to transfer pictures of themselves onto their blank paper. Read more
This week art club was on the same day as National Sea Turtle Day so we thought it would be a good idea to bring out the watercolours. The children carefully followed a draw along then used watercolours to paint their turtles. The children practised using different techniques such as Read more
This weeks Art Club was inspired by artist Jeff Koon’s iconic balloon dog series. The children created their own brightly coloured balloons dogs using ovals and paint to create the illusion of a round shiny form. They added dimension to their artwork by drawing a cityscape and trees in the Read more