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For the first part of the session we talked about different colour schemes (warm, cold, complementary and analogous). We looked at some paintings by famous painters such as Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet. The children then had a go at colouring in some pattern paper with a specific colour schemeContinue reading “Colour Schemes and Emotion in Art”

We have been very busy today! The first thing we did was test out our printing pads we made last week. We put paint on the pads and then placed them on paper, next we pushed down on them for a few seconds before lifting them up and seeing the result! One of the childrenContinue reading “Printing & Placemat Making”

For our first session the children chose a sketchbook each to use every week. It was a tough choice with all the lovely covers to choose from!Once this was sorted everyone had their own palette with red, blue and yellow paint. To begin with they put the primary colours on their colour wheel, followed byContinue reading “Colour Wheel”

This week we made some D.I.Y. nature printing pads using flowers, leaves, cardboard and glue!Some of us made pretty patterns and some of us made pictures, most of us thought that the flower petals were the best material to use!The printing pads will be dry next week so we are going to use them toContinue reading “D.I.Y Nature Printing Pads”

Today we made some 3D Valentine’s Day hearts out of wool!Everyone did an amazing job carefully wrapping the wool around the cardboard heart lots of times. Next we thought about what we could do with heart, resulting in some interesting ideas like flowers, necklaces, hanging decoration and a microphone! Some of us also tried doingContinue reading “Valentine’s Hearts”

Today we have been experimenting with using different parts of several different plants to paint some pictures. We had daffodils, snowdrops, fir tree leaves, dried poppy seed pods, buddleia, strawberry leaves and dried rudbeckia flower heads. Everyone chose their own colours and what plants they wanted to use. The daffodils were the most popular tool!Continue reading “Painting with Plants”

Today we had lots of fun painting our clay sculptures we made last week!Not only did we have different coloured acrylic paint for painting our clay models, but we also had some special sparkly metallic acrylic paints to try too! Everyone had lots of fun being creative with how we chose to add a splashContinue reading “Painting our Clay Sculptures”

This week we have been using clay to make 3D sculptures of different animals. We started off by squishing and squeezing the clay to warm it up, then we thought about what we wanted to make. We used our hands, a rolling pin and different mark making tools to help us make our animals! NextContinue reading “Clay Modelling Animals”

Today we have been using what we learnt about colour mixing last week to draw and paint some amazing animals! We had some books with photos of animals to help inspire us whilst we decided what animal portraits to do. Everyone had lots of fun choosing and even more painting!We hope you enjoy looking throughContinue reading “Animal Portraits”