Year 6 Eyes

Inspired by the famous 1946 work by M.C Escher, titled simply 'Eye', the students then designed, drew out and then painted their own version of the work. 

Emi

Barney

Elysia

Skye

Tabitha

Year 6 Tight Sculptures

The students began by creating a continuous line drawing of toys from life, before using a view-finder to select a section of their drawing. They then copied and enlarged this section before abstracting it by changing the colours, inspired by the work of Kandinsky. This section was then used as a starting point for their sculpture. 

To create the sculpture they bent the wire around the outline of their enlarged section before drilling two holes into a wooden base and glue-gunning it, to make it secure. They then used a leg from a pair of tights and stretched it tightly over the wire and base before having it staple gunned at the bottom. The sculptures were then painted white, before drawing on their design and painting it. 

Zoe 

Barney

Georgie

Aggie

Year 6 Arcimboldo Inspired Watercolour Food Portraits

Evie 6F

Lyra 6DS

Mary 6DS

Max 6DS

Phoebe 6C

Saskia 6DS

Savannah 6C

Tilly 6C

Year 6 Australian Aboriginal Dot Paintings

This term in Art Year 6 have been exploring the dot paintings made by the Australian Aboriginal people. They firstly chose six symbols before planning out their painting and then painting them in acrylic using paintbrushes and cotton buds. The students took special care to think about the colours they were using and the placement of the symbols. 

Flora 6R 

Holly 6C

Luca 6DS

Mathilde 6C

Poppy 6F

Rosalind 6DS

Saskia 6R

Savannah 6C

Year 6 Chance and Control Paper Compositions.

Students cut out 32 shapes from 4 different coloured pieces of paper. 

I. Improvised composition Glue down eight shapes onto a piece of paper. Try not to plan the composition in advance. Glue one shape down, then the next shape in response to that, then the one after in response to the ones before and so on until you have glued down all eight shapes. 

II. Chance composition – Stand up and drop eight shapes onto a piece of paper – Glue the shapes down where they land 

III. Chance and control This combines the approaches of the two previous exercises, alternating between being able to make a choice where a shape will go, to having no control over its final position. 

IV. Balance composition – Fold a piece of paper in half – Drop four shapes onto the paper and glue down – Now unfold the paper and glue down four more shapes to ‘balance’ the composition

Questions Year 6 were asked: 

Which is your favourite piece?

Do your works look better on their own or together? Do your eyes go on a 'visual journey' when you look at them? 

Try joining up your piece with other people on your table. Do the pieces work in a large formation? 

Eric Carle Style Illustrations

Year 6 were given a brief to create an illustration for either '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' or 'Moby Dick' in the Style of the illustrator Eric Carle. Here are some of the results! 

Ella 6C

Anna 6W

Emily 6D

Year 6 Chuck Close Portraits

Tilda M 6C

Sam  6C

Alice 6C

Rosie 6D

Year 6 Kinetic Sculptures

This term Year 6 have been exploring the theme of 'Movement'. They researched the kinetic sculptor George Rickey before creating their own kinetic sculpture using wire and tissue paper. 

Agatha 6W

Amber 6P

Scarlet 6C

Wilbur 6W