Indigo class finished off their Alberto Giacometti-inspired figure sculptures this week. We’ve now completed Part A of the Bronze Arts Award! After half term we’ll be moving on to part B, which involves participating in different arts events and reflecting on the experiences we have.
Indigo class spent last week reflecting on their art work so far, and recording their progress in their log books. This week, we were back to getting stuck in with some more sculpting! We looked at examples of work by Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti, then recorded some different poses on paper using stick figures. We then recreated our chosen pose using lolly sticks and glue guns, before covering the figures with strips of Modroc.
This week our Arts Award students continued with their work towards Part A of the award, which involves participating in arts activities. They have been busy working with clay and making gravity-defying sculptures using wax crayons!
This week Indigo class finished their tissue paper lantern sculptures. We used glue guns to fix the lanterns into cylinder shapes, and bent the wire feet out to support them. We then looked at some examples of textile/sculpture work by British artist Michael Brennand-Wood and created our own versions in response to his work using lolly sticks, wool and buttons.
Indigo class have started working towards their Bronze Arts Award! This is an accredited award endorsed by Trinity College, London, and is the equivalent of a D-G grade GCSE. The Bronze award is spit into four sections, the first of which involves having a go at different kinds of art. We’ll be trying out some sculpture projects over the course of the half term, and the students will be keeping a record in their log books.
This week, we talked through the arts logs to familiarise ourselves with the structure of the award. We then worked on creating a lantern using tissue paper. We layered the tissue paper up using plenty of PVA glue, adding wires to act as feet once the lanterns are dry. We also tried out some techniques to manipulate a cardboard cylinder, using scissors to add interesting details. We’ll use similar techniques on our lanterns.
This week our Arts Award students joined forces to share their work with each other! The presenting element forms part of the award at both Discover and Explore levels. Our two Duke of Edinburgh’s Award students have been working towards their Discover awards whilst volunteering with Amber class, and our Explore candidates joined them to discuss their work. They took turns to explain the processes they went through to complete their final projects, used post-it notes to record their thoughts about each other’s work.
Indigo class finished off their personal projects this week. We had a relief sculpture of a coastline made from papier mâché and modroc, a collaged mood board with images collected from magazines, and an acrylic portrait on canvas. We will be reflecting on our work and sharing it with another group next week, which is an important part of the Arts Award process.
Indigo class continued with their main projects. Photos of the finished pieces next week!
Indigo class got their main projects underway this week, after spending last week’s session planning and preparing. Each student was free to choose the direction they wanted to take with their project, depending on their interests. We have paper sculpting, acrylic portrait painting, a papier mâché coastline and a portrait drawing project on the go!
We’re going to be working on our main projects over three weeks- watch this space to see our progress!
This week Indigo class met illustrator Craig Pattrick. Craig specialises in plasticine sculpture, and has run fab holiday workshops with Art Stars in the past! Craig took part in a Q & A session, with the students asking questions in order to complete an artist profile as part of their Arts Award. He spoke about how he became an illustrator, and where the inspiration came from for the characters in his picture book. He then showed us some techniques for sculpting in plasticine, and we had a go at creating our own characters using Craig’s set of dentist tools!
You can see more of Craig’s work on his website, Craig Pattrick Illustration
We also screen printed the third layer of our Marcus Walters inspired designs.
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