Year 6 Abstract Wire and Tight Sculptures

Looking at the work of Wassily Kandinsky and Henry Moore the pupils created these abstract sculptures, using tights stretched over wire, placed upon a wooden block. The pupils then painted the sculpture in a few layers of white acrylic before painting their design over the top.



 

Year 6 First World War Inspired Abstract Paintings

Year 6 Experimental Watercolour Paintings

 Year 6 were exploring the idea of their environment. Each pupil went outside and collected four different natural items found on the school grounds, ie, feathers, twigs, leaves etc. They then returned to the classroom and using watercolour paint painted the outline of each item in a different colour. Each time they painted a different item they rotated the page 90 degrees and overlapped with the previous shape. The pupils then spent time filling in the different shapes they had created by overlapping.

Year 5 Chuck Close Inspired Portraits

I created a project for Year 5, inspired by the finger printed and grid portraits of Chuck close. Pupils first completed a series of drawing exercises in their sketchbooks, before creating a black finger printed portrait. Following this the pupils were given a piece of gridded A3 in which to paint a series of colourful shapes. The fingerprinted portrait was then cut out and stuck upon the painted grid background.


Detail of a Chuck Close portrait, showing the gridded patterns.

Finger painted portrait of the artist's grandmother (1985