Piece's from Ella's and Hermione's scholar portfolios

Hermione and Ella both created a scholarship portfolio as part of an all-rounder scholarship to their next schools. They both worked incredibly hard, and created varied and exciting portfolios. They were both successful in gaining scholarships. 

Ella's final piece created in acrylic 

A page from Ella's sketchbook

Hermione's Georgia O'Keefe inspired piece in watercolour and pencil 

One of Hermione's final pieces created using watercolour 

Selection of Art Work by Scholar, Jemima K

Skull still life - pencil on paper

skull still life - acrylic on canvas board 

Self Portrait - mixed media on paper 

Year 8 Art and DT Scholar Trip to Lypiatt Park

On Tuesday afternoon the Year 8 Art and DT scholars enjoyed a fantastic and very interesting visit to see Lynn and Dan Chadwick’s sculpture work at their beautiful home, Lypiatt Park.

They were shown round the house by Dan Chadwick and his wife before being allowed time in the grounds to discover the sculptures of Lynn Chadwick. Tamara Nelson one of the Art Scholars who went on the trip selected her favourite sculpture below; she loved it’s simplicity and clever use of shapes.

Final Pieces from the Art Scholars Portfolios

 All of the Art Scholars worked incredibly hard last term in building up their portfolios in preparation for their Scholarship day at their chosen school. Here are images of some of their final pieces. 

Zara V

Eric S-C

Rosie L

India C

Mia S

Art Scholar Trip to Oxford

On Thursday the Year 8 Art Scholars, Miss Dismorr and Mr Waters visited Oxford for a day of culture! Our first stop was the Ashmolean where we visited on the opening day of the new Andy Warhol exhibition. It was wonderful to see Warhol's work up close, especially as the exhibition displayed work spanning his whole career and was from a private collection, so rarely seen.  This was followed by hot chocolate on the roof-top restaurant followed by a quick lunch opposite the Bodleian Library. The afternoon was spent in the Pitts Rivers Museum and the Natural History Museum where everyone enjoyed sketching a range of anthropological curios, (although I'm not sure anyone was brave enough to tackle the shrunken heads!) 

Recent work by some of the Art Scholars

The Art Scholars have been working hard at home and in the Thursday night scholar sessions in order to build up their portfolio. Here are some examples of some of the pupils' recent work. 

Willa    8B

Lena  8SM

Eric 8JB

India 8JB

Zara  8B

Art Scholar Skulls

The Year 7 pupils working towards an Art Scholarship for next year have started building their portfolios this term. Here are some examples of skull paintings created using acrylic and charcoal. 

Willa 7T

Amber 7E

Mia 7JLB