Every year we hold a GCSE Art and Photography exhibition to celebrate the hard work that our students have put into their portfolios. This year certainly didn’t disappoint. We were blown away with the exceptionally high standard of work and creative thinking.

Thank you to everyone who came along to celebrate their success, we received many compliments. Many of our students are going on to college to study Art and Photography at A Level. We are immensely proud of you all and wish you all the best for the future.

Mrs Mitchell

Head of Art, Photography and Design

Our Year 10 GCSE Art students have started their second major piece of coursework on the theme of Portraiture. They have completed a photoshoot of their friends and are now starting to stylise them in the style of Loui Jover.

Check out our Instagram account for all the latest work @penwortham.girls

Mrs Mitchell

Head of Art & Design

Our budding Year 8 artists have continued their complex and decorative work on ‘Cells Under the Microscope’. Having studied Abstract Art over time, our most recent Artist inspiration has come from Angela Canada-Hopkins. Students have shown talent in reproducing a high level of detail in their pattern and design work. Recent Fine Art outcomes have combined media such as textured collage, vivid inks, mark-making and drawing with stitch. Students have enjoyed these lessons immensely and we are very impressed by their creative and eye catching experimentations, leading up to our final outcomes later this term. Great work, Year 8!

Mrs Mitchell

Head of Art & Design

Year 7 artists have been enjoying learning how to sculpt in clay, producing work inspired by shells and their textural surfaces. These 3D sculptures have been very impressive, showing good understanding of the 7 Elements of Art, learnt earlier in Year 7. Practises were first done in plasticine, while skills were perfected. This 3D based project will culminate in a selection of sculptures rich in texture. We are very proud of Year 7 artists who have worked so hard and appear to have thoroughly enjoyed their first year of high school Art lessons. Well done, Year 7!

Mrs Mitchell

Head of Art & Design

The Art Department has been very busy as usual, with some fantastic work being produced!

Our Year 10 GCSE Art students have started their second major piece of coursework on the theme of either ‘Built Environment’ or ‘Corrosion & Decay’ and have shown great enthusiasm, taking lots of their own photos to inspire their projects. We have been doing some experimental drawing in a variety of media with some fantastic results. Year 10 also have worked hard on a set of Poly-Prints which we did as a workshop, resulting in very successful outcomes. Keep up the great work, Year 10!

Mrs Mitchell

Head of Art & Design

Year 11 GCSE Art have just completed their 10 hour exam and have completed some truly stunning work. We are blown away with the high standard of work being produced in the Art department!

Mrs Mitchell

Head of Art, Design and Photography

Year 11 have just completed their photography exam. They worked extremely hard on their 10-hour final piece.

They selected their own theme from the exam paper and explored this idea independently. There have been some really creative ideas! 

Mrs Mitchell

Head of Art, Design and Photography

In Art, we have studied various artists including Laly Mille, a mixed- media artist who uses layering, textiles, collage and drawn imagery from natural forms. Students have worked very well on trying new processes and embracing an experimental way of working. We are very proud of how their art style is maturing.

Mrs Mitchell

Head of Art, Design and Photography