Art and Design

Year 2 Art Competition

NEL Music Hub asked our children to draw a picture of the dog in the song ‘Mine’s a Mutt’. The children enjoyed singing the song and imagined what the dog might look like. These pictures were chosen as the winners! Well done Year 2.

Clay Sprites and Forest Faces

The Year 2 children used locally sourced clay from Barton Tile Works and lots of natural materials to create weird and wonderful faces. They left their artistic creations on the trees at Far Ings Nature Reserve for other people to enjoy.

‘This is a fun activity because you can collect different twigs, leaves, berries and flowers to make all kinds of interesting faces.’

‘Sculpture with natural materials doesn’t harm the environment. The leaves and flowers will just blow away in the wind and one day the clay will dissolve in the rain.’

Paper Landscapes

Year 1 have been learning how to create 3D cylinders in different ways and attach them to a base - creating a landscape out of paper. Mrs Smith was impressed by the vocabulary we could use to describe our landscapes.

Pupil 1: "It was tricky at first to roll the cylinder and keep it rolled up but I managed to make short, tall, and wide ones."
Pupil 2: "I cut shapes in my cylinders like windows."
Pupil 3: "I managed to get one cylinder to look like it was floating because it was attached to another one."
Pupil 4: "My landscape is varied because there are so many different heights of cylinders."

Year 2 Art

Exploring Clay: Can I use my hands as a tool to shape clay?

‘I flattened my clay to make a smooth surface.’
‘I used my hands to roll and shape the clay.’
‘I loved making my model.’
‘I made marks in my clay by pressing into it.’

Year 5 Hook Day - Installation Art

During our hook day this summer, we looked at the concept of installation art. We started by making miniature installations inside shoeboxes, based on the title "explosion" - paint and glitter galore! Installation art is usually on a large scale and is an immersive 3D experience for the viewer. In the afternoon, we created our own art installations in the hall, using everyday school materials. 

There was a story behind each of the installations, which the children were able to explain with enthusiasm. We wonder if you can guess which is which from the names... We have: 'Lady Wearing Dress', 'The Lookout', 'Football Game', 'Scientists Lab', 'Child Sleeping', 'Person Doing Yoga', 'Visiting the Nurse' and 'In the Van'.

Clarice Cliff Study

This term Year 1s have been exploring colour. They have learnt about mixing 'Primary Colours' to create 'Secondary Colours' and also about creating different 'tones' of the same colour. They have used this skill to create painted plates similar to those of Clarice Cliff. We learnt who Clarice was and about how she was inspired by her relatives to become a painter. Many people today collect her famous plates. What do you think of our Gallery of Artwork?

Penguins Parading!

Well done to all the Year 2 children for their very informative and entertaining learning share all about Penguins.

‘We told the parents penguin facts. My mum said she learnt loads of new things.’
‘I loved singing the penguin song because it had all the names of the different species in it.’
‘I read out my penguin poem that I wrote myself.’
‘I liked it when we all said the penguin poems together. Mrs Brady was so surprised that we knew all the words!’
‘We made the parents do the penguin dance with us! They loved it!’
‘I loved showing my penguin drawing, penguin hat and puppet.’

Lovely feedback from the grown-ups in the audience too:

‘Really good that it was a class performance in the hall, like a show.’
‘Lovely informative assembly full of fun and smiles. All the children were amazing.’
‘I really enjoyed the children’s performance today and how the parents were involved too.’

International Women’s Day

The Year 2 children learnt about an inspirational woman called Alma Thomas who had a difficult time to get an education due to her being a black woman in America during the 1900s. Her story amazed the children, as she became a teacher and then she became one of America’s most famous women artists!

Year 3 & 4 - Being Artists

In art we thought about how we draw and the different parts of the body we use when we draw on a large and small scale. We then looked at how we can make 2D shapes look 3D by shading and using different colours. With the beautiful weather today we took our learning outside and tried using chalks to draw 3D shapes on the pavements and then on a larger scale on the walls.

Years 3 & 4 - Creating Art by Design

In Art we have been looking at the design process to create pieces of art using textiles. This involved creating mood boards and drawing in fine detail patterns which appealed to us. We used these to create abstract patterns which we painted on textiles with glue. The textiles were then painted and washed leaving negative patterns on the materials. Don't they look great?

Space

Year 5 have been learning about space this half term. As part of our learning we have completed research about the solar system and the broader universe. We enjoyed creating art inspired by space imagery on our hook day and have created presentations about the different planets. There will be more space-themed art next half-term as well.

John Singer Sargent

This half term in Art, Year 6 have been looking at some incredible artists and their artwork in preparation of creating their own final piece. We’ve had a great time acting out and exploring the different emotions in paintings, trying out different tools and techniques along the way. This week the pupils especially enjoyed recreating a painting by John Singer Sargent, showing soldiers on the front line in WW1. They used what they learned about finding emotions in art and brought that into their own final paintings.

Plague Masks

Barley class used a range of clay skills to create a plague mask. Pupils added surface detail, created different shapes by blending the clay and executed a clay piece from a design concept… amazing results!!

Colour Mixing

This week Year 1s have been learning how to mix the Primary Colours and make Secondary Colours. We experimenting and found out that 
Red + Yellow = Orange
Red + Blue = Purple
Yellow + Blue = Green
We used our secondary colours to add scales to our fish.

Photorealistic Self-portraits

In art this week we have been creating our own photorealistic self-portrait. We had to look in detail at our photograph, and using the grid method we translated the photo into a drawing. Using this method helped to retain the same proportion as the original image. After drawing we used water colours, looking carefully to try to achieve the same colour as the photo.

Calendar Crafting

The Year 2 children have had great fun creating lots of fun froggy calendars. They had to
carefully read and follow all the instructions.
By making their frogs, they have improved their cutting and sticking skills and have explored colour mixing using a range of different kinds of crayons and paints. Well done everyone!

Macro Photography

In year 6, we have been learning about #macrophotography. We looked at the work of #EdwardWeston and used our analysis of his work to take our own #photographs. We have photographed various items, both indoors and outdoors thinking about the light sources, saturation levels and the background to capture the various details and patterns.

Remembrance Art

Today year 3 have been focusing on Remembrance art in preparation for Remembrance Day. We used our retrieval skills to discuss what we knew about Remembrance Day. We then went onto creating remembrance stones which we will place in our peace garden on Monday. Year 3 you did a fantastic job!

“I liked working quietly so it was respectful”

“I reflected on my great grandad whilst I painted my stone”

Street Art

Year 6's art unit this term has involved studying street art that is used to convey a powerful message. The children have learnt a drawing technique called chiaroscuro, which is used to create light and dark, and they have used a range of media to create their final pieces. They've all done an amazing job and have managed to showcase important messages.

Well done, Year 6! 🙌👏🎨

Chiaroscuro

Recently, Year 6 have been learning about the drawing and painting technique of chiaroscuro and applying their understanding of using light and dark to create form and impact in Maya-inspired word art ✍️

Photo Opportunities

Barley class started their new Art project this week based on photo opportunities. Pupils applied their understanding of composition to create an effective photomontage advertising poster. How amazing do these look!?! 😀

Seasonal Changes

Foundation stage children looked at the seasonal changes and the colours of the autumn leaves. They used small brushes to paint a trees trunk and branches. After this we used our fingers to paint the autumn leaves.   Our creations are displayed on our art gallery.
Can you spot our hedgehogs? We used forks to print the spines.

Observational Drawing: A Toy Story

The Year 2 children drew favourite soft toys from observation. They added texture by applying their mark-making skills.

“I could recognise and describe the shapes I could see in my teddy and start drawing.”
“I looked carefully at the frog, so that I could add more details.”
“I can use mark-making, like cross-hatching and scribbling to add texture like the fur on the teddy.”

Ancient Egyptian Art

In Art we have been investigating the style, pattern and characteristics of Ancient Egyptian art. We learnt that Egyptians did not work on white paper, so coloured our paper using tea bags and coffee. We looked closely to identify colours, patterns and shapes to add to our art work for our sketchbooks. We will use this work as inspiration for our scrolls using the papyrus paper we have previously made.

Exploring mark making and investigating patterns when drawing

This week in art Year 1s have been exploring mark making and investigating patterns when drawing.
As a class we explored the artist Bridget Riley, and using her as our inspiration we created our own piece of art work.

• I liked that we all did our own art then it made a big piece of art
• I learnt horizontal and vertical
• I know how to cross hatch

Making Papyrus

As part of our hook day in year 3 we applied our understanding of ancient techniques and followed instructions to construct a new material. The new material being our own papyrus paper. We will use these in an upcoming Art lesson to make these into scrolls by drawing and painting in the style of the ancient civilisation.

We Are Artists: Exploring Mark Making Techniques

For their Hook Day, the Year 2 children enjoyed dressing up as artists and getting really creative! They learnt different ways to make marks, using a range of materials. They created patterned surfaces to explore texture and add detail to their drawings.

H- I liked drawing with charcoal. It is burnt wood from a willow tree and you can make light grey marks and thick black marks.
T- I’d never used graphite before. I drew thin lines and thick lines with it.
L- We learnt how to do make lots of different marks, like cross hatching, stippling and squiggling.
E- We felt the textures of different objects like feather and shells.
S- I liked using paint and making marks with feathers, sticks, straws and Lego bricks. We made all our marks look like different textures.
M- I liked listening to the story called ‘Paddington the Artist.’ Paddington was a good painter.
E- It was fun to dress up and look at famous paintings in the art gallery online.

Year 4 - being artists

On our transition week the class learnt about Anglo Saxons and the amazing brooches that they made. We tried to make some ourselves using cardboard, string, tin foil and gems. Don’t they look amazing on our Art Gallery display?

Georgia O’Keeffe

In art this week we created our own Georgia O’Keeffe inspired abstract drawings. 

In a framed section, we sketched what we could see, including the lines and outlines of shapes into one of the rectangles. We then chose one composition to draw as a final piece on a larger scale. This linked to work we had already completed in science linking to plants, so we could already scientifically name the different parts we were drawing. 
“I used oil pastels to shade my art work in”
“I chose to draw the leaf”
“I liked looking at all the different flowers that people have grown for our school to look nice”

Walking To Pa2is Event

Year 1 and Year 5 enjoyed an amazing event together this week. Celebrating the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, we all GOT ACTIVE and had a great deal of fun!

The carefully planned route took us through a park, a football field and past many buildings in Laceby; but the highlight for most was the walk through the very long grass in a field! Year 1 children thought it was like a Bear Hunt – SWISHY SWASHY! Year 5 pupils enjoyed looking after the Year 1s, keeping them safe and having lots of conversations en-route.

When we returned to class Year 1s drew their favourite moment from the walk and I’m sure you’ll agree their pictures are FABULOUS.

Year 1 and 2  Collaboration Work: Imagining Sarah Stanford

The children realised that there aren’t any photographs, paintings or drawings of Sarah Stanford.
They tried to imagine what she might have looked like. Together they researched clothing in the 1700s. They looked at paintings and portraits of ladies and produced sketches and finished drawings.

“I think her clothes would have been made from beautiful fabric because she was a rich lady.”
“She would have worn a long dress and a smart hat.”
“Ladies in the 1700s had big skirts and I think she would have worn a big skirt with a bustle at the back.”
“Sarah Stanford would have a kind face because she was a kind lady leaving money to build Stanford School.”
“I think she was an old lady, so I have given her grey hair and wrinkles.”
“I have drawn Sarah Stanford with a fancy hat and lots of decorations on her clothes. I think she might have worn jewels.”
“There aren’t any photos of her because cameras hadn’t been invented then.”
“I gave Sarah a blue dress like the Stanford badge.”

Using Art to express ourselves

This week in year 6, we were being artists 🧑‍🎨 We have started a new project focussing on the concept of self and today we learnt about how art can be used to express ourselves. We analyzed the sculptural works of Nicola Anthony and Yinka Shinibare and then we were set a challenge to plan, create and evaluate a sculptural piece that expresses something about us using limited natural/recycled resources including: newspaper, sticks, leaves, stones, cardboard, wire and wool. The resilience and determination shown through this lesson was superb and the final products are fantastic! 🎨🖌️

Year 1 3D Pictures

In art this term Year 1s are looking at 3D pictures, these are created using paper and card.
Children have learnt to fold, bend, twist, cut and glue paper in order to form different shapes. These are then attached to a base – which acts as the background to their picture.
First we learnt how to create cylinders and attach these to a base.

This week we have created loops, twists, spirals, zig-zags and tables. We love creating these 3-Dimensional pictures. We hope you like them too.

Joining Materials

Pumpkin class have been joining materials in different ways this week in art. We tried to secure our 3D shapes in different ways, and used team work to problem solve. Some of the techniques we used were slotting and tabs.

“I rolled my card to make it three dimensional”

“To make my ‘stairs’ I folded the card forwards and backwards”

Lubaina Himid

Barley class have been studying Lubaina Himid this week, exploring how art is used to convey messages and raise awareness of cultural and social issues. Pupils first worked in pairs to draw a piece of art by Himid- one was the described, the other the interpreter, this was trickier than we thought!!

Exploring Texture and Surface

The Year 2 children have been out on a texture hunt around the school grounds and they have photographed some really interesting textures and patterns. They had great observational skills as they looked closely at every day items and natural objects. Here are a few examples of their
wonderful work.

Colour Mixing & Artist Study

Year 1s have combined an artist study with their colour mixing skills this week. They have been looking at this piece of art work by Jasper Johns called ‘Numbers in Colour’. They then recalled their mixing of Primary Colours to make Secondary colours and used these to re-create his work of art. Look at our fantastic results:

Prehistoric palette

Today in Art Pumpkin Class explored how natural products produce pigments to make different colours, we used different spices as our pigments.

As well as this, another group used different materials to recreate the rough texture of a cave wall, ready to paint over the surface when it is dry using the pigmented paint. We will be continuing this activity next week so that both groups have had a good at doing both activities!

Year 2 Artists: Colour Magic

The children have been developing their knowledge of colour mixing.
They can name the primary and secondary colours and describe what happens when they mix two secondary colours.

C- It was fun to drip and splash paint. I kept moving my paper around so the colours mixed.
C- Painting like this reminded me of the artist Jackson Pollock. Mrs. Brady showed us a video of him and we found out how he splashed paint on to really big pieces of paper on the floor. I would like to do that.
M- I made lots of different colours. I liked the different shades of purple that I made.
H- It was a bit messy, but I enjoyed watching my paint splatter and run on to the wet paper.

Pumpkin class make Frottage pictures

In Art this week we took rubbings of different textures to make Frottage art work. We them ripped the paper of the rubbings to make a textured flower picture inspired by artist Maud Purdy.

Combining art skills - Avocados

This term, year 4 have been learning about a range of skills to draw and paint still-life. We learned how to tint and shade, as well as particular techniques such as stippling, dabbing, creating a wash, etc. We combined these skills to draw and paint some avocados this week. We were really pleased with the results!

Y4 VANEL Art

This week, year 4 contributed their work to the metal flowers project. We learned about the work of the artist Barbara Hepworth and looked at her use of shapes, lines and colours. We used this to inspire the abstract art that we painted onto the flowers. We came up with our designs first and then used different tools to paint with, including brushes, cutlery and even gift cards. It was a really enjoyable afternoon and we are proud of our work.

Chiaroscuro

Year 6 pupils learnt about the drawing and painting technique of chiaroscuro in art this week. They applied their understanding of using light and dark to create form and impact to create Maya- inspired word art. Well done Barley class, these are incredible! 🤩

Metal Flowers Project

Today Pumpkin class were the first class to start the metal flowers project with VANEL. Year 3 created designs linking to their class artist Maud Purdy. They then painted these designs onto the metal flowers using key terms such as strokes, light, dark, pattern, layering. We were then joined by year 2 who came to have a look at how we were getting on and looking at the different designs we had created!

"I had lots of fun painting"

"I think they looked really pretty once they were finished"

"I liked mixing different colours to get the colour I wanted"

"I can't wait to see all the flowers when they are up!"

Year 6 are artists 👩‍🎨

Year 6 pupils have been using the Maya belief that everyone has a spirit companion to discover their own as a drawing. Using combined inspiration from the Maya and the style of modern artist Dan Fenelon, pupils developed their symbols to represent themselves, creating a drawn tile of line, pattern and colour. They then used different media to bring their art to life!

Pumpkin Class are artists: Egyptian Scrolls

Today in art we have been using our designs to make Egyptian scrolls on papyrus paper we have previously made. We worked out what information we wanted to convey onto our scrolls using imagery, colours and patterns.

Black History Month

The children Year 2 have been finding out all about the life of American artist, Alma Thomas. They were very shocked to learn that during her life she had been treated very unfairly because of the colour of her skin. The children learnt the meanings of the words; ‘racism’ and ‘discrimination'. The children enjoyed exploring her art work and found her colourful pictures inspiring, and so they decided to create some of their own.