Come along and enjoy our fun art classes in term 2, 2021. Students do a variety of art activities an illuminated letter artwork, a self-portrait artwork, an oil pastel landscape, and a felt collage.  The focus of the tasks in term 2 are to develop student’s painting techniques, oil pastel techniques and felt collage making techniques.  Activities include:
•   Decorative Letters: students will explore various ways to write their name making it special by, decorating or 'illuminating' it in various forms, patterns and colour. In this task we will look at medieval manuscripts, in particular the Book of Kells for inspiration. Students using the first initial of their name will create their own illuminated letter using the initial of their first name. They will design the letter using watercolour paint, markers and gold paint, incorporating symbols of animals, plants and mythical creatures. 
•   Portrait Drawing:  Students will create a portrait drawing in the style of a Renaissance portrait drawing with emphasis on proportion and facial features. Students will look at portrait artworks by various Renaissance artists. They will use markers, acetate and gold paint to create their artwork. 
•  A Still life drawing of a teapot or a Soft toy using watercolour pencils. Students will look at the paintings of Lucy Culliton for inspiration. Focus of this task will be on drawing shapes, detail and texture
•    A felt collage inspired by the artwork of Jacopo Rosati. Students develop composition, cutting and sequencing skills
•  Learning oil pastel drawing skills: students do a series of exercises using different oil pastel drawing techniques. This includes creating a small still life drawing and a landscape artwork.