5A make a start on the Iron Woman Project

Today it was 5A's turn to make a start on the Iron Woman Project.

Like 5G last week, we spent the first part of the morning finding different ways of making textures.

We started by exploring different ways to make a print...this one is from a piece of wood....but we also printed from material, lace, cardboard textured paper...

We also made rubbings from radiators, music stands, doorways and all sorts of different textures found all over the school.

Another group made beautiful drawings from plants, grasses, leaves and other plant life that you might find on a lonely marsh.

We discussed the animals that would inhabit the marsh and made experimental drawings of them from small plastic creatures....like drawing with the hand you wouldn't normally use.

The drawings were wonderfully wobbly and expessive.

We also did continuous line drawings where you are not allowed to take the pencil off the paper....

I think everyone really enjoyed drawing in a different way and it made them really concentrate!

Then we used the prints and rubbings to make big collaged drawings of the marsh scene where the Iron Woman emerged from the muddy water...

We discussed the marsh feeling lonely and bleak and a frightening place!

We thought about where the horizon should be in our illustartions - whether we wanted big skies or not.

5A made some really striking and slightly scary images! Well done everyone.

Year 1 Landscape Collages and Leaf Prints

This week class 1B made winter landscape collages using fabric and paper.

And today we learnt some new words:

Landscape - Picture of scenery such as fields, mountains, trees and rivers.
Horizon - The line where the sky and the land appear to meet.
Collage - Sticking down fabric and paper to make a picture.

These words can be useful when talking about art...

1B also tried their hand at printing. They looked closely at some images of leaves and made a print block from polyboard.

These prints look fantastic 1B - well done. Next week we will be cutting out the prints and adding them to our collages. See the blog next week to find out how they look.

Iron Woman Project Yr.5

Year 5 Iron Woman Project

Today 5G started a new illustration project based on the book they are reading in class - 'The Iron Woman' by Ted Hughes.
It's a fantastic book to illustrate as it's so visually exciting! We started by exploring different ways of making textures - print-making from textured paper and cardboard, material...even wood. We also made rubbings from places around the school and playground using charcoal and graphite and also experimenting with poster paint and wax.
Then we used the prints and rubbings to make collages of the scene in the book of the marsh, when the Iron Woman first emerges from the water.

Here are some of the collaged drawings that 5G made...

We discussed the marsh being a lonely and desolate place and how you could convey this in an illustration.

We talked about the weather...wind and rain blowing across the marsh.

We brainstormed how the iron woman would look emerging from the water, dripping with mud...and how frightened the creatures of the marsh would be.

They made some really amazing illustrations - very atmospheric! 

Spring Term 2014

Welling School Art Outreach are working with Year 1 and Year 5 this Spring term. Keep checking this blog to see all the exciting artwork they have been making.

This week in Year 1 Miss Brown's class were thinking about the types of animals that might be found in a forest - particularly a magical fairytale forest! 

They looked closely at pictures of British birds such as Woodpeckers, Robins, Kingfishers and birds of prey. They then made up their own fantastical birds that could inhabit the magical forest. 

1B drew large birds on both sides of A3 doubled paper and then coloured them in with oil pastels. They then painted over with watercolour washes and the oil pastel resisted the paint.

Next week the bird will be 'fed' by the children in 1B and become three-dimensional! Watch this blog to find out how.

Lovely work 1B, the birds look wonderful!

 

Year 2 and Year 5 Exhibition at Welling School Gallery

On Wednesday 15th January there was an exhibition of work produced by Year 2 and Year 5 over the last term. A little of the work has been featured on this blog, but this was a chance to see it on display. 

There was so much work that it filled the gallery, and there was even more that we couldn't fit in! The work looked amazing. 

Many thanks to all the parents, children and teachers that came to the show. We are very proud of what the children have achieved. 

This (Spring) term we are working with Year 1 and Year 5. There will be another exhibition of the work at the beginning of the summer term. Watch this blog and the East Wickham facebook page for further details.