Category: The Arts

Year 5 Digital Art Week Using an industry standard application, Year 5 have been working in Photoshop to design a symmetrical image. Their topic is mixed media and they have looked at ways to use traditional methods combined with digital.  They use Paint Symmetry to create their work. Saturday Art Club There was a lot…

After a long absence, we are dusting off the arty cobwebs and getting creative. We are excited to offer a range of topics and opportunities to experiment. We are also excited to be able to offer the Year 8 pupils an introduction to the process of product design. The pupils have been given a brief,…

  With much excitement, the boarders made pizza, which they had for their supper. Mr Coles was even lucky enough to get a pizza! – Annabel Newcomb  

As part of our cross-curricular theme on conflict, we have been studying the work of the artist Paul Nash.  One of his most famous works was ‘The Menin Road’, which will be the focus and inspiration for our prints. Having such vast grounds has meant that the pupils have been able to spend time drawing…

This week has been a very productive one.  The Year 8 pupils started to visualise their product and embarked on the design process.  Their brief is to design a container to house a variety of pencils and pens, including a computer stylus pen. The pupils are thinking about how to use the most sustainable materials…

We are now using the Reflector 3 App to mirror work from the table top to the screen. This means that pupils are able to see the teacher’s work more clearly during demonstrations.  It is also a great tool for critiquing the work of others. As in other subjects, in art it is important for…

For more details on the summer art project, Mrs K has put together some information below that can help:  

This week marks the finals of the Cookery Challenge for the Year 8s – a surprising and spectacular Post-CE activity where pupils researched, cooked and baked dishes in their own homes and reported back to Mrs Platt on their progress. In Week 1, the theme was chocolate, Week 2 was fruit and the final week…

For all year groups there is a Pick and Mix Sketchbook challenge. The challenge is to work your way through a list of seemingly ridiculous tasks. Tasks such as ‘draw three circles and make them into something’ or ‘draw a hole in the paper’. The tasks are designed to remove the cobwebs, to spark the…

During this time we have been limited by where we are allowed to go and consequently what we are able to see. So it has been interesting to see the pupils’ response to the task of taking photographs of seemingly normal things in close-up. Here is a selection from the Vinehall photographers and I am…