Friday, 25 October 2013

Visit to our trust school

Last day of term and we're finally going on a visit...

To inspire our students on their personal unit 1 work, we visited one of our trust schools to have a look at what they were up to. Beautiful work I'm sure you'd agree.






Wednesday, 23 October 2013

Chuck Close Portrait Artist

One of the artists to research for portraiture is Chuck Close. We are amazed by the detail and precision needed to produce work like this. Using a gridding technique he has been able to produce photorealism detail

 

Monday, 21 October 2013

Sense of Place and Point of View

Yet another week, and another art theme. Students used their own understanding of the theme A Sense of Place or Point of View.


Thursday, 10 October 2013

Textile collage

Looking at the artist Cas Holmes, students have created their own examples.






Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Sarah Graham Photorealism



We've found this amazing photorealist artist and we love her work for its close up, bright colours and of course SWEETS! 

 

 

Monday, 7 October 2013

Photography and Photoshop


As part of our students' induction into art and design, they have produced some fantastic photographs using a variety of themes such as worm's eye view, reflection, depth of field and macros and then edited some using Photoshop
















Thursday, 3 October 2013

Cubism and Surrealism

Art part of the art theme homework, students have produced some fantastic examples of these two abstracted themes.

Wednesday, 2 October 2013

Jenny Stolzenberg Shoe Artist

Jenny Stolzenberg's Forgive and Forget installation of shoes left by the victims of the Holocaust brings many thoughts to our minds. We think her work is thoughtful and as artists makes us think about our actions. For more information on her astounding work visit her website Jenny Stolzenberg