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Creative Week 2024
Each year group took inspiration from a famous painting. They studied the painting carefully thinking about what they could see (colours, objects etc.), how it made them feel as well as discussing the style and techniques the artist used. Before creating their own piece of art, the children spent time practising and developing the necessary skills. The children have expressed how proud they feel of their artwork.
- Creative Week - Reception Art Work
Creative Week - Reception Art Work
In Reception, the children have been learning about Chinese New Year. For Creative Week, they continued with this learning by exploring ancient Chinese paintings, focusing on one in particular called 'Birds in Four Seasons'. Using this artwork as inspiration, the children created their own seasonal pictures do show the changes in seasons over the course of year. The children used different media t...
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Creative Week - Year 1 Art Work
In Year 1, the children learnt about the artist Andy Warhol who was famous for his Pop Art style. They found out that Pop Art is a style of art based on simple, bold images of everyday items painted in bright colours. They enjoyed looking at his paintings and discussing how the different colours made his artwork 'pop'. The children spent time drawing a toy they had brought in from home, looking cl...
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Creative Week - Year 2 Art Work
In Year 2, the children made their own version of a jubilee carriage. They focussed on making moving mechanisms such as wheels and axles and used recyclable cardboard boxes to make a chassis and body. They painted them to look like authentic royal carriages that could have been used during a jubilee. During the second half of the week, the children learned about the artist Wassily Kandinsky who wa...
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Creative Week - Year 3 Art Work
In Year 3, the children focused on the artist Pablo Picasso. They researched a lot about his life and were drawn to his 'Blue Period' where he showed his emotions through the colour he used in his artwork. The week began by listening to different pieces of music during which the children moved their pencils in a way that reflected how the music made them feel. After thinking about what colours the...
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Creative Week - Year 4 Art Work
In Year 4, the children learned about the artist Salvador Dali who is known for his Surrealist style. They found out that the word 'surrealist' means 'beyond reality' and that surrealist art is an expression of dreams and the unreal rather than something that is true and rational. After researching Dali's life and studying a range of his artwork, the children's attention was focused on the paintin...
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Creative Week - Year 5 Art Work
In Year 5, the children took inspiration from the British artist Paul Bursnall and his paintings of harbour scenes. Paul Bursnall is an experienced artist who combines the unmistakable Naiive style with Cornish coastal influence. The children learnt that Naiive art is characterised by a childlike simplicity where there is often no sense of perspective. The children compared some of his paintings d...
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Creative Week - Year 6 Art Work
In Year 6, the children used a piece of artwork created by Gustav Klimt called 'The Tree of Life' as the stimulus for their work during Creative Week. The Tree of Life was not devised by Klimt; the idea of it has existed in many different cultures and religions for hundreds of years. It is believed to symbolise the connection between life and the after-life, or indeed heaven and hell. The complexi...
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