Pop Art Printing

This half term we have been learning about different kinds of printing and comparing this style of art to other techniques we know such as sketching, painting and collage.

We have used famous art work by Roy Lichtenstein to inspire our art work this half term.

We sketched a flower design and engraved it into a polystyrene tile. We covered our tiles in colourful paint and printed our design in a pop art style.

We loved peeling away our tiles to reveal the print underneath and we are very proud of our work. Take a look!

Colourful Collages

In art this half term we have used the work of Henri Matisse to inspire our own artwork.

First we looked at his art work and we learned that in his later life he moved from painting pictures to using collage to create his masterpieces.

We especially liked this one, 'The Horse, The Rider and The Clown.' from 1947.

Taking inspiration from Matisse, we have created our own colourful collages to show The Great Fire of London.

First, using pastels, we picked out hot colours to represent the fiery background and we learned how we could mix and blend colours together to make new shades.

We then tore up tissue paper to add to our pastel background creating even more flames. Finally we created a London skyline by cutting shapes from black paper. We then stuck our black silhouette onto our flames to make the foreground of our picture.

Take a look at our colourful work below.

Lowry

In art we have been learning about L.S. Lowry. We have looked closely at his paintings and noticed how he liked to paint people as matchstick figures with hardly any details. We have enjoyed sketching our own matchstick figures and also using the computer to recreate some Lowry inspired art of our own. Take a look below at our fabulous work.

Precious Poppies

This week we have been inspired by Claude Monet's painting, "Poppies at Argenteuil," to create our own poppy paintings.

First, we painted the background using blue and green colour washes. Then we used our fingers to paint bright red poppies. Finally we used broccoli to print trees and bushes and thin card to print grass and poppy stems.

We think Claude Monet would be very pleased with our efforts.

Take a look below.

Remembrance

We will remember them...

In class we have been learning about Remembrance Day and thinking of the reasons why we should be thankful to our soldiers, past and present.

We have turned our writing into soldiers for display. We think they look a fantastic army. Take a look below!

Bear Necessities

As part of our Bears topic, we have been learning about Paddington Bear.

We have used our painting and collage skills to create our very own Paddington. Take a look, I'm sure you'll agree they all look fabulous!