Art Department News

Year 7 have been working very hard on their toy compositions inspired by Michael Craig and Martina and Sarah Graham – a lovely use of colour and overlapping the objects to create an inspiring composition.

Year 8 are working towards their self portrait final piece. They have been experimenting with a range of media inspired by Van Gogh, Picasso and Braque. They will then go on to find their own artist who inspires them. I will show you the finished pieces next time…

Year 9 have been learning how to draw using one and two-point perspective in preparation for drawing the school building. This is a really challenging concept to grasp but they are doing really well.

Year 10 have been experimenting with Cyanotype. Cyanotype is a 170 year old photographic printing process that produces prints in a distinctive dark greenish-blue. The word cyan comes from the Greek, meaning “dark blue substance.” The botanist, Anna Atkins, used the cyanotype printing process in 1843 to create an album of algae specimens. She created the images by placing objects directly on photosensitive paper; this process is called a photogram (unless you are Man Ray, in which case you call it a rayograph). She is regarded as the first female photographer.

Year 10 have also been working on their edits of fruit inspired by the work of Dennis Wojtkiewicz. They have printed their work on silk under the heat press and have some fabulous results.

Year 11 have been working hard on their externally set assignment over the last few weeks. They have used Photoshop to create these surreal and thought-provoking compositions of ‘Spaces and Places’.

Mrs Mitchell

Head of Art and Photography

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