Check out todays artwork – our portraits of inspirational people.
“Trust the process”
Category : Art and DT
What does seasonality mean?
In expedition, we started our new DT case study by looking at seasonal food and seasonality. We started off by discussing the four different seasons and then we sorted the items into each season. We then looked at which seasons food grew best in. We sorted the pictures based on the seasonality food chart. We found this really interesting and how some fruits and vegetables are in season all year round. We also found it interesting that in winter, less fruit and vegetables are in season.
Art Critique
Now that Crew Hamill have completed their final paintings of Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks, we have used a Padlet to share out paintings with the rest of the crew and add some critique. We have remembered to be kind, specific and helpful and to ensure we critique the piece and not the person.
Crew McLoughlin or mini Jonathan Yeos?
In Case Study 2, we have been studying the artist Jonathan Yeo- a British artist known for his contemporary portraits of famous people. We have delved into his artwork and analysed his use of colours, tone and highlight with use of shadows. We learnt some new sketching techniques to reflect the direction of a light source on an object. We analysed use of colour- why has the author used certain colour choice, linking our knowledge of warm and cool colours. We have chosen an inspirational individual we have studied about in history and reading and started to sketch an outline. Our first drafts look pretty impressive!
Valentines♥️
Before the half term we make Valentine’s Day cards for our grown ups, we used our hands to make a flower, we also used toilet roll tubes to make love hearts! We also practiced our hand writing, look how good we’re see getting with writing our names!✍️
Sketching
Today, Crew Hamill continued Case Study 2 by finishing off our emojis, this time using acrylic paint. We then discussed the differences between each medium and decided which paint we preferred to work with. This will help us to complete our final piece by selecting the medium that works best for us. Once we had done this, we began our first sketches of an influential person. We followed videos, using gridlines and step by step instructions to complete drawings of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and Marcus Rashford. Miss Hamill was VERY impressed with our first drafts and cannot wait to see our second drafts which we will turn into our final paintings.
Exploring Colour.
Today in Art, we explored and completed a colour wheel. We discovered how colours mix, contrast and evoke emotions. Then we painted two Emoji boards: one with water colours and one with acrylic paint. This helped us to begin to associated colours with emotions and to see how colour effects the mood and storytelling in art.
Developing our Art skills
To continue our second case study, we have looked at the different skills we need in order to complete a portrait image of an influential person. We began by recapping on the different sketching skills we need and then using these to illustrate shadow as this is something we will need to recreate in our final piece. We used torches and different shapes to experiment with shadow and used our sketching skills to demonstrate the shadows. Following this, we began looking at two different types of paints – water colour and acrylic. We recapped our knowledge of the colour wheel and have then used this knowledge to mix colours that represent different emotions. We completed our water colours and will now move on to do the same with acrylic so that we can explore the different medium a little bit more.
Art
We began our second case study (Art) by evaluating and analysing works of art by various artists including some works by Jonathan Yeo. We discussed as a class What we liked about certain portraits and why. During a gallery walk, we then delved deeper into the choices the artist made e.g. the medium the artist used to create the portrait and why as well as questioning the colour choices and the impact these have on the overall composition. Next, we began to think about why these people were chosen to have their portraits made and, if we were to make our own, who would we choose?
To finish, we researched the artist Jonathan Yeo.
Art, Portraits and Deep Thinking.
We began our second case study (Art) by evaluating and analysing works of art by various artists including some works by Jonathan Yeo. We discussed as a class What we liked about certain portraits and why. During a gallery walk, we then delved deeper into the choices the artist made e.g. the medium the artist used to create the portrait and why as well as questioning the colour choices and the impact these have on the overall composition. To finish, we began to think about why these people were chosen to have their portraits made and, if we were to make our own, who would we choose?
