ART Clubs
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Joan Eardley inspired portraits
I love these portraits of P6 pupils with their friends. Collage, monoprinting, paint and chalk.
Donald Where’s Yer Troosers
Here's a film made with a P6 class in May 2016. We needed to fill an hour in class, so the children illustrated one line of Andy Stewart's brilliant song each using pencil. Watch it on Vimeo here.
POP
A Summer Art Club project [metaslider id=746]
Love Hearts
A project during Summer Art Club. Inspired by Jim Dine. [metaslider id=742]
A Billboard for Dunbar
These Billboards for Dunbar were made during a workshop that was part of the Dunbar Street Art Trail event, April 2015 [metaslider id=706]
My Life in a Box
One of the last projects the Art Club did before leaving P7. A treasure to keep in the years to come. [metaslider id=656]
Christmas Lights
These 35mm slides were made after watching some Norman MacLaren films (Dots, 1940 and Begone Dull Care, 1949). We made them into a video with Charlie Parker's version of White Christmas as the soundtrack. [metaslider id=658]
Designer Footwear (in mod rock)
Brilliant boots and shoes, made to fit. [metaslider id=652]
A Streak of Tigers
These were the first thing we started to make at the Summer Art Club '14 at West Barns Studios. I had seen a picture of these and thought they’d be a great way of introducing the idea of working in 3d to the children. They loved making them and were very proud of...
Summer Art Club – Week 2
Some of the highlights of the second Summer Art Club week at West barns Studios. We spent a morning making quick studies of a selection of guitars and the following day they were made into these striking collages. [metaslider id=265]
Paper Guitars
This project was a bit tricky, as some of the children were as young as seven, but they all managed to make brilliant works after looking at Picasso's paper guitar sculpture. [metaslider id=280]
Self Portraits After Picasso’s Dora Maar
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Still Life Painted Paper Cut Outs
Based on a Matisse still life paper cut out, the children produced these lovely, cheerful works in a few hours last week. [metaslider id=216]
Charcoal and mono printed Self Portraits
These were made during the Summer Art Club, too. The children were aged 6 -12 and they all produced great works. [metaslider id=228]
The Final Show
Some highlights... [metaslider id=202]
The Last P7 Art Club Exhibition
Pet Paper Cuts
A quick one hour time filler on the last morning. Very cute pets! [metaslider id=174]