ART AND DT about the artist, Matisse, and used his flower paintings as inspiration, creating colourful mixed media creations. Henry Moore sculptures (Year 5) Printmaking (Year 5) Clay maquettes (Year 5)
Year 4 learned about artist, Yinka Shonibare and how his vibrant works were inspired by the colourful fabrics he discovered at Brixton Market as a college student. They pupils created their own designs and made versions of his Turner Prize entry, Double Dutch. The boys then explored a variety of seascapes by different artists and discussed the unique styles of each. Inspired by these, they created colourful mixed media collages and vibrant wool weavings. Year 5 began the year discovering sculpture. They compared the work of Rodin and Henry Moore. The boys looked at Henry Moore’s wax resist paintings and tried the technique for themselves. This led to the design and production of their own clay maquettes after their visit to the Tate Britain. Their natural forms project lead to pastel drawings and printmaking after discovering influences from Georgia O’Keefe, William Morris and Orly Kiely. Year 6 explored and compared a variety of still life artists, creating their own observational drawings and Cubist-inspired collages. They also experimented with sculpture, making their own card creations inspired by Picasso. In their ‘Portraiture’ project they were inspired by Julian Opie and Alexander Calder before trying their hand at Intaglio printing.
n As part of the Year 3 local area project the pupils visited Dulwich Picture Gallery and took part in a workshop with the artist in residence. They also learnt about the architect, John Soames, and produced a colourful collage using shape and symmetry to mimic the building style. The boys also looked at the work of artist Ruth Allen, and used her work to inspire some continuous line drawings of the local shops in the village. In addition, they learned about the Egyptians and made their own canopic jars using Mod Roc and clay. Finally, the pupils learnt
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