Welcome back

Welcome back to the summer term!

We hope you've had a lovely Easter break and are refreshed and ready for school.

This term the A level students will be completing their exam on the 25th and 26th of April.

All coursework for GCSE and A level students should be handed in on the 1st May.

Y9 GCSE will complete their second project and start a mock art exam (good luck)

Year 12 students will be going to London for insipration for their unit 3 project.

Key stage three students will be completing their personal projects and beginning a 2d relief project and some will be going to visit local people with our community arts project.

Lots of excting and creative things going on this term.

Let's keep up the good work!

The Art Department

Photoshop Final Outcomes Key stage 3

Looking at the printmaking artist James Green, key stage 3 students have use hand rendered and computer rendered images to produce these final images.

Images are up in the art rooms but in case you don't make it, here are some wonderful examples.

 

 

Assemblage final outcomes

Key stage 3 have made some wonderful assemblage boxes based on identity. They have been put up around the art rooms but we've added some to our blog so that you can see them in detail

Well done to all students on this project, they look fantastic! 

  

                   

Printmaking key stage 3

Looking at our artists  and seasons in key stage 3, some beautiful prints have been produced using Lino, polystyrene and block printing inks. 

Some have been put up for display in our art rooms but have a look below at some stunning examples.

Well done to years 7 and 8. 

 

 

Sweets, sweets and more sweets

We've started salivating at the brightly coloured sweets we have in art.

We're photographing, drawing (and eating) sweets in the style of Sarah Graham!

Shoe drawings we like

We've been busy with  our shoes out in Key Stage 3 and some fantastic line and shade drawings using pencil, charcoal, biro and fine liner.

iCan Draw

To help you improve you can drawings we've added these images of different levels. Remember for the higher levels you will need to:-

- Cross hatch

- Have 5 levels of shade

- Use a rubber to add highlights

- Add surface shadow

- Add detail

Level 6

Level 5

Level 4

Level 4a analysis- Good shape, use of 4 levels of shade and use of rubber to add highlights
To improve -  make sure ellipses are parallel, look in more detail at the can ridges adding highlights and shadow and add 5 levels of shade.

Level 3



Level 3a analysis -  Good shape, 2 levels of cross hatching and surface shadow.
To improve - Make sure ellipses are parallel at the top and bottom, detail is accurate showing can ridges and 5 levels of shade.

 

Level 2

Level 2a analysis - Good attempt at shape, some detail has been included showing can ridges and an attempt at adding shade
To improve - Add 3 levels of shade showing light, medium and dark, show outside line of the can at the bottom and add more detail showing the can ridges.

KS3 project for September - October 2012

Calling all year 7 and 8 students!

This half term we will be developing skills using pencil looking at shoes. This will mean you need to bring in or photograph shoes you would like to draw.

You can of course use shoes you have on your feet...