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Inspired by the sea theme of The Little Mermaid our current project is using octopus tentacles to teach how to use use light and shade to create the illusion of 3D..This is going to be a really fun project for all our groups and teach them really valuable drawing skills… Our big drawing of a
All our artists have been making 3D props for a local pantomime production of The Little Mermaid: Little Art Club and Saturday Juniors created Octopuses… And this gorgeous, enormous, 2D whale: Whilst Intermediate and Juniors created amazing 3D whales using just newspaper, masking tape and Kitchen roll: Everyone from our 2 year olds to our
Yr 6 Group explores ‘Clockwork’ by Philip Pullman A really exciting and productive day was spent exploring visual language to represent themes and ideas from the book ‘Clockwork’ by Philip Pulman with a YR6 class. ‘Clockwork’ is a dark story but with really interesting comments on creativity and the creative process. There is a moment
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Ebb and Flow Project so far… Wow! What a productive week 2! Our session started with a visit from artist John Holt who talked about fluidity and flow : John then lead a drawing session which encouraged our young artists to use line to describe flow and to investigate and map their painted grounds.
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Last week I was talking in assemblies at Holmfirth High School about creativity and the need for education to develop creative thinking I was therefore pleased to see this article in The Observer this weekend which echoes some of what I was taking about.. http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/jan/09/uk-global-arts-race-music-tv? From hit shows such as War Horse and Sherlock to
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