The common blue damselfly
On a walk to a lake with a young person who was using a camera for the first time, excitedly crouching, zooming, snapping away. He photographed cow parsley, a passing puppy, daisies, obliging moorhens, oblivious ducks, bracket fungi, all sorts of colourful delights. On approaching the water we could see roaming dragonflies, too far away […]
Arts Award and Why it is Great
“An artist is not a special kind of person but every person is a special kind of artist” – Hakim Bey. I love everything about the arts, I love viewing, watching and observing how people express their creative sides. From dance, music, drama, painting, creative writing, spoken word poetry, storytelling, sculpting, crafting, animation. Arts Organisations […]
Unconventional Portraits: Rice Mapping
Our Arts Award students created portraits of themselves via the medium of maps, inspired by the work of artist Grayson Perry.
My Arts Award
One of our students, ‘Kmoki’, has been studying anime for her Arts Award and we are delighted that she has agreed to share her work with us to complete her award. She has produced some very beautiful artwork for her project and we’re sure you’re going to love it. Well done, Kmoki!
Earth Hour | Environmental Awareness Animations
Our Arts Award students were challenged to create their own stop-motion animation based on the theme of environmental awareness in Torbay.
Exploring Stop-Motion Animation
Last half term during our Arts Award sessions, we were working on creating stop-animation films, with a little bit of inspiration from Aardman studios, the creators of Wallace & Gromit! To begin our module, we began making Thaumatropes, a toy from the Victorian period that, when spun, gave the illusion of movement. We also made […]
Print-making
During our lino-printing module our students experimented with using different tools and creating different patterns to print.
A Road Trip To Tidal Arts
We’ve been off on a road trip this week, exploring Tidal Arts in Kingsbridge with our Arts Award students.
Portraits in the style of Giuseppe Arcimboldo
We explore the work of Giuseppe Arcimboldo, an Italian Renaissance painter, was famous for his imaginative and surreal portraits (most famously, Vertumnus). His works were composed of various objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other natural elements.
Halloween Skull String Art
Our students make some reusable decorations for Halloween.