Blog by Tag: Art

Year 6 have been busy this afternoon creating plasticine models in the style of Albert Giacometti. Each model had to strike a different pose, which the children then sketched in their book. Well done Year 6!

 

We have enjoyed learning outdoors this half term. We went on a listening walk to see what sounds we could hear. 

We have been learning all about street art. Today we finished our collages in the style of Keith Haring. He was a graffiti artist who used bold bright colours and a cartoon style. We love our pictures and they definitely brighten up the corridor!

This week we have been drawing our self portraits. We have used mirrors to help us look at our eye, hair and skin colour. 

This afternoon, we were using collage materials to try to create flames. 
 

One of the skills we have been practising as we start Year 3 is cutting carefully using scissors. We tried cutting lots of different shaped lines and then used templates to draw and cut shapes. We then worked in pairs to make collages. It was lots of fun and helped us to get neater and more…

We are learning about graffiti art this half-term and today we made our own graffiti art names. We created a 3-D effect by adding shading and tried to choose bright, contrasting colours. We are really proud of our pictures and hope you like them too!

Year 4 had a fantastic French day today! There were some very fashionable outfits and delicious French food to try. We played games of boules and had a competition to create a model of the Eiffel Tower out of paper straws. In the afternoon, the children created pointillism paintings inspired by…

We went outside and used natural resources to make our own flower pictures. We got creative and made lots of different variety of flowers, 

Today we made our repeated print using our own printing tile. We were inspired by the fashion designer, Orla Kiely. 

We had a big problem today! We only had blue, red and yellow paint but we wanted to paint plums, carrots and apples. We mixed colours together and were surprised at the new colours we made.

Today we finished out Easter cards and wrote messages for our families inside. We are very proud of them!