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Owls' Roman Bust Self-Portraits
Owls' Hokusai inspired Mount Vesuvius
Otters' Hokusai Great Wave Oil Pastels
Roman Owls Black & White
Owls' Monet Paper Weavings
Owls' Sandra Silberzweig Pastel Fish
Bubble Blowing
(Otters Class)
Yetis and their Habitats
(Otters Class)
Michelangelo Statue Studies in Chalk and Charcoal
(Owls Class)
Viking Seascapes
(Otters Class)
Our mixed-media Viking Seascapes were incredible fun to make with amazing results!
We began by creating dramatic sunsets in a painterly manner using warm colours and a sponge! Next, we explored other painting methods such as splattering and dry brushing to prepare collage paper to use as our sea. To make the paper for the Dragon boats, we applied a thick layer of brown (made from our blue and orange paint) and used a comb to create a wood-like texture. Next, sails were added, looking at shape and shading techniques to look like they are billowing in the sea winds. Finally, adding a fearsome Kraken, the ancient foe of the Viking, completed our seascapes.
We began by creating dramatic sunsets in a painterly manner using warm colours and a sponge! Next, we explored other painting methods such as splattering and dry brushing to prepare collage paper to use as our sea. To make the paper for the Dragon boats, we applied a thick layer of brown (made from our blue and orange paint) and used a comb to create a wood-like texture. Next, sails were added, looking at shape and shading techniques to look like they are billowing in the sea winds. Finally, adding a fearsome Kraken, the ancient foe of the Viking, completed our seascapes.
RE & Art - Spirituality - Kintsugi
(Owls Class)
Each year the diocese organises an RE and Art Competition, this year the subject being 'Reflections of Faith'. We explored ideas of spirituality, looking at the traditional Japanese art of Kintsugi. Broken ceramics are repaired using lacquer and gold, teaching us to embrace our imperfections as they make us unique and beautiful, celebrated and not disguised. Of course, we will encounter difficulties and struggles, but we will learn from them and be more vital for the experience.
We then made self-portraits looking at emotions that reflected how we were feeling and added sprigs of cherry blossom, the Japanese symbol for new growth. Each year we experience ourselves with our very own blossom trees flowering around Horsley church.
This was a mixed-media piece, using sgraffito to make the vase, pencil for the portrait, watercolour wash for the background and painting techniques for the cherry blossom.
Owls pupils created a fantastic body of work, and I am very pleased to say that Martha Packer's beautiful monochrome portrait won first prize
We then made self-portraits looking at emotions that reflected how we were feeling and added sprigs of cherry blossom, the Japanese symbol for new growth. Each year we experience ourselves with our very own blossom trees flowering around Horsley church.
This was a mixed-media piece, using sgraffito to make the vase, pencil for the portrait, watercolour wash for the background and painting techniques for the cherry blossom.
Owls pupils created a fantastic body of work, and I am very pleased to say that Martha Packer's beautiful monochrome portrait won first prize
