As part of our Abstract Art topic, Class 6 have been researching all about Piet Mondrian’s work. The children have learnt that Piet was a Dutch painter who became famous for his abstract art work often using primary colours, horizontal and vertical lines. They have then carefully designed their own Read more…
This term we have been learning all about Picasso and his art work. Today we finished our Picasso style self portraits. We used our designs from last week and painted them using watercolours. We talked about the colours we were using and if they would be from the rose or Read more…
We have used our cutting and gluing skills to create some wonderful items such as robots, spaceships, flowers, aeroplanes, pigs and lizards!
This half term in Art, Class 13 are studying the work of the impressionist painter, Claude Monet. After completing an artist study last week, this week they practised their skills of painting like an impressionist by recreating a section of Monet’s ‘Poppy Field’ picture. In the coming weeks, they will Read more…
On Wednesday, Year 5 visited the Liverpool World Museum and participated in an art workshop in the Walker Art Gallery. The children thoroughly enjoyed looking around the many exhibits, with particular favourites being the Ancient Egyptians and the Aquarium. A fantastic day was had by all!
We’ve been experimenting with collage techniques to create abstract designs.
In Art, we have been studying Andy Warhol, the 1960s pop-artist and this week practised the skill of tracing images to copy them. This is so we know how to make three exact copies of our final piece or work. It wasn’t easy, but we persevered and got there in Read more…
Inspired by the works of Georgia O’Keeffe, we’ve been drawing with a scientific approach. We drew a first draft, reflected and then had another attempt. We asked friends for suggestions and supportive feedback, then redrafted. We looked scientifically at the flowers, spotting shapes and angles and we continued to draft. Read more…
We created some amazing Picasso Portraits! We looked at some of Picasso’s work, practised drawing in his style and then designed our own Picasso Portrait. Once we had finished drawing our portrait, we then thought carefully about what colours to use. Children thought about whether they wanted to use bright Read more…
Today Class 14 painted in the style of Claude Monet, a French impressionist painter. We used powder paints to paint his famous poppies painting. We focused on using quick, thick paint strokes without too much detail. Have a look at our paintings below.