Category: The Arts

Over lockdown, there are many people who have become digital experts out of pure necessity. Year 8 have been exploring their Photoshop skills with photomontage and drawing in the style…

During this latest lockdown, I have heard about a few very interesting art competitions. Here are two exciting initiatives. The Young Artists’ Summer Show-2021, organised by The Royal Academy, involves sending…

In the next three weeks Year 8 are taking a closer look at digital art skills by using Adobe Photoshop and Animate. They have created images, which have been inspired…

Hopefully this is the last sampling of art being produced as part of the remote learning programme. Once again the year groups have delivered on all levels. Projects have included…

Inspiration comes from all sources. Here are more works of art produced during this lockdown, which have been inspired by a variety of ideas and themes. They include Chinese and…

This week, Years 3 and 4 thoroughly enjoyed listening to ‘Short Ride in a Fast Machine’ by John Adams during their music lessons. They all drew images of the machines…

There has been a steady flow of portraits coming into the art department. The mission was to think of a positive role model. As part of Children’s Mental Health Week,…

Years 3 and 4 were asked to ‘not think’ but just respond. The idea was to produce a series of automatic drawings. They listened to different genres of music and…

Drawing comes in a range of styles and approaches. What makes a good drawing? A good drawing to one person may not appeal to another. Here is a spotlight on…

During this period of remote learning, we have had to adapt to a virtual classroom and sourcing unlikely art materials. Materials such as brown paper, kitchen foil and old ball…