Year 8 Homework Vote

In our recent Art lessons, Year 8 students have looked at Native American artwork. For homework, they were asked to design a Native American-style mythical creature. 

This week, the students have the chance to vote on their favourite of the creatures that were created.

TO VOTE: 

1) Look at all the images.
2) Decide on your favourite.
3) Scroll to the bottom of this post and click on the link that says '0 Comments'
4) Enter a comment saying a) which student's artwork you like best, and b) why you chose this one.
5) Positive comments only please!

All comments have to be approved by Mr. Bird before they appear on the blog.

Georgia Brandon

Susannah Shepherd

Volkan Kunduru

Kiymet Aksu

Alex Barnard

Shayleigh Rogers

Student Artwork of the Week

6th - 13th June 2011

Year 8 Glazed Pottery- Inspired by Picasso

These beautiful glazed pottery pieces were produced by Year 8 students studying in Ms. Southwick's class. The students developed these after studying the cubist artwork of Pablo Picasso.

The pieces were assembled from flat slabs of clay and then fired in a kiln at over 1000 degrees until hard. They were then painted with special glazes and fired for a second time to create the deep, glossy colour you see here.

Ms. Southwick's Classes: Key Resources

Over the next few weeks, students may miss one or two art lessons to attend exams or other commitments. If you miss a lesson, it is your responsibility to check what you missed.

For Ms. Southwick's classes, here are the key worksheet materials you have been using in recent weeks:

- Checklist of Work
- Assessment Grid
- 'Analysing Artists' Work' Sheet
- Artist Research Guide Sheet
- PowerPoint of Artists to Research 

Best of luck with your projects as we move towards the summer break!

Homework This Week- 6th -10th June 2011

These are the homeworks set for Mr. Bird's classes this week:

Year 10 GCSE Art and Applied Art

Complete ONE of the eight 'analysing' tasks from the checklist.

- You need to make sure all your artist research is completed first. 

- Use the worksheet to help you. Click here to see the support sheet.

Year 8 Learning Pathway

Complete WEEK 2 of the Native American homework booklet.

- Do this work directly in the booklet- your books will be kept for marking this week.

- Do NOT cut out the designs you have done. The booklet page on the other side will be needed later.

- If you have lost the booklet, you can access it by clicking here.

Student Artwork of the Week

25th April - 1st May 2011

This artwork was produced by students in Ms. Maynard's 3Es group. The students have been looking at doodles, and have worked on developing simple doodles into full-scale decorative artworks. The intricate line an pattern work in these images are really beautiful, and a great example of how very simple skills can lead to great pieces of work.

Adam, Year 8

Chelsea, Year 8

Rhiannon, Year 8

Well done to the students who produced these artworks!

Homework This Week- 25th - 29th April 2011

These are the homeworks set for Mr. Bird's classes this week:

Year 10 GCSE Applied Art

Complete five full-length figure drawings in your sketchbook. The two guide sheets for this piece of work are available by clicking here.

Please note: There is no homework for the Monday Art and Design students this week, as their lesson was missed due to the bank holiday.

Year 8 Learning Pathway

No homework this week- your sketchbooks have been taken in for marking. If you have not handed in your sketchbook, please make sure you do so this week.Your end-of-module level will drop if you haven't handed in your book. 

Student Artwork of the Week

28th March - 8th April 2011

Student Artwork of the Week got lost last week due to the madness of the end-of-term run-in, so I've decided to reward a whole class group in a joint SAotW to cover the last two weeks of term.

The Year 8 Learning Pathway have been studying cubist artwork for five or six weeks. They have looked at the work of Pablo Picasso, made their own observational drawings and cubist collages, and have finally completed their project outcomes, an 'emotional' cubist painting inspired by Picasso's 'Weeping Woman'.

These are the results:

Year 8 Cubist Outcomes: Top to bottom, left to right-
Georgia, Alfie, Tia, Emine, Susannah
Alex, Gozde, Laura, Tia, Rohat
Kiymet, Piotr, Volkan, Marlon, Bradley, Charlie.

This is a really great set of paintings. Well done to all the students who produced them!