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Art News
Royal Academy of
Arts Workshop
We received our special Art Workshop from the Royal Academy thanks to Olivia F’s President’s Award gained last summer at the Royal Academy’s Young Artist Show. Jake and Rachel, who are both Academicians in their own right, led the workshop. Our groups worked for approximately six hours – from initial warm up exercises, including drawing with both hands or with continuous lines – to the main focus of the day, an all blue oil portrait
painting inspired by blue artworks from the likes of Picasso and Francis Bacon. It was wonderful to welcome back our two past pupils, Olivia and Millie, and we are grateful to Jake and Rachel for leading our young Art Scholars on an inspirational learning journey.
Andy Hazell Workshop
Andy Hazell showed the Year 7 scholars
some of his
creations made
from tin and wire,
which have featured,
on book covers, adverts and on TV. He guided our young artists through the process of cutting tin and soldering the
metal to make their own sea-themed creations.
“Before I started this etching, I made a careful pencil drawing study. The drawing took a while, but the etching process was really interesting, adding watercolour to finish. This is one of my first etchings.” Charlotte E
Penguin artists: Daisy A, William B, Nancy F, Fabien J, William H, Amelia H, Myla K, Jasper N, Isobel P, Jemima R, Fay B, Bryn J, Samuel L, Poppy N, Isabella N, Sophie R, Oliver W, Alfie A
“I created this response and reminder to all, with regard to plastic pollution. The lizard lounges and waits ... This work is built in the main out of recycled parts, much of which is plastic. There
are many artists working in this way now but of course several stand out, including David Mach.” Isabella E
“This is my first collagraph print and inspired by the whole steam punk genre. Having built a small sculpture,
I made a drawing, which I then used to build a printing block for inking.” Ruby C
Royal Academy of Arts Success
A selection of best artworks were once again submitted from our children into the Young Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (now to be held in the Autumn) at the RA. This year, there was an increased entry of over 17,000 works and nearly 100 pieces selected. Extraordinarily, on the back of ‘Dog Show’ last year, ‘March of the Penguins’ – a group ceramic piece of
19 penguins – from the same Year 5 group were selected (see also page 45). Their artwork
was inspired by our studies into penguins using BBC film footage from ‘Spy in the Huddle’.
In addition, the Academy picked out Charlotte E’s ‘Parcel’ print and Isabella E’s ‘Lounge Lizard’ sculpture to feature in the exhibition. Ruby C’s ‘Steam Punker’ print was also selected for the online exhibition. Amanda Hay
March of the Penguins.
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