Apple have been learning different ways to create texture with paper in order to create a collage based on Antarctica.  They learnt to make marbled paper and Gelli prints of snowflakes and have used these to make a collaged background.  They then used squares of paper to decorate a penguin. 

Elm class are learning about mountains and have looked at the work of Hokusai.  They learnt to use a grid system to enlarge an image of Hokusai’s work.  After learning how to mix tints and shades, they paint the background of their Hokusai volcano ready for the orange and red mountain to be painted.

Willow and Pine classes have been learning how to make different textured papers and using them to create their own underwater scene.  They have been introduced to the artist Henri Matisse to inspire the shapes they created for seaweed.

Pluto and Jupiter class are learning a number of different skills in the Cake project.  These have included observational drawing of French Fancies, oil pastel doughnuts and monoprints.

    

Pluto class have produced blind drawings to improve their observational skills.  The paper plate covers their drawing meaning they cannot take their eyes off of the object as they move their pencil. 

Saturn and Neptune classes are using the theme of insects to develop their skills with different art materials and techniques.  They started with tonal drawing, polyblock and mono prints, painting with felt tips and making a 3D dragonfly.

Mercury class are half way through a project based on fish and underwater.  They learnt to draw a plastic fish from observation, how to use coloured pencils correctly and then produced a sgraffito in the style of the artist Paul Klee. 

  

Earth class have been working hard on a Flowers project and produced beautiful work.  They have already learnt to produce Gelli prints, mono prints, poly block prints, drawings and coloured drawing of flowers and have just completed a final paper collage based on the work of the artist Brian Robinson.