Ridgeway Primary School
Art Week
20th -26th May 2016
Rainbow Tots and Pre-Nursery – Art Week 2016
We looked at the
artist ‘Lowry’.
We talked about the different
places that Lowry chose to
either paint or draw.
The children were given a
choice of settings to either
paint or draw. Tots used lines
and circles to create their
scenery. Pre-Nursery used
paint to create their
background and then lollypop
sticks for people.
Nursery – Art Week, 23.06.16
David Hockney – Photo collages
This week we have been
learning about the British
artist David Hockney. We
looked at his photo collages
and then we used the camera
to take photos and then
arranged them in a random
order in his style.
‘It’s like a
puzzle’
‘Hockney makes
them all
muddled’
Matthew
We opened ‘Sunbeams
Studio’ to the public to
display our work. Our
parents and carers came
to look at our work and
we showed them what
we had been learning.
Emma
We have really enjoyed learning about the artist David Hockney and we
were all very creative in how we arranged our pictures. We also loved
having our gallery and everyone looking at our work!
‘Your face
looks really
silly’ Riley F
Arts Week 2016 – 1J
“I really enjoyed creating
the background for my 3D
picture.” Jack Dyche
We loved that our families could come
into school to appreciate our artwork. We
were very proud of all of our hard work.
1J had a fantastic time during Arts Week. Our artist was called MacKenzie Thorpe. We really enjoyed looking at
different pieces of his artwork. We used pastels to create pieces of work in the style of MacKenzie Thorpe.
We also had a go at creating animals in his style of art. We learnt that he uses bright colours, simple shapes and
makes the head a lot bigger than the body. We also created a 3D picture during Arts Week.
We found out that MacKenzie Thorpe is a British artist from Middlesbrough. His pictures are inspired by
memories from his childhood.
“I found out that
MacKenzie Thorpe
uses a really big head
for the people in his
pictures.” Maisy Lowe
We used pastels to create
a picture of a person in
the style of MacKenzie
Thorpe.
Megan
Arts Week 2016 – 1L
“I loved using the chalk to
draw around our bodies
and then use shapes to fill
in the silhouette” Grace
Donovan-Smith
We loved that our families could come
into school to appreciate our artwork. We
were very proud of all of our hard work.
1L have absolutely loved Arts week this term! The artist we chose to study was Anthony Cragg (Tony Cragg) who
is a famous British sculptor. We found out that he uses materials, old and new, to create art work on the walls of
building. He uses the colourful materials to create silhouettes of different objects, peoples and countries.
After observing his work and discussing how we thought he had created it, we designed our own silhouettes and
drew shapes of all different sizes and colours inside. Once we had done this, we chose our favourite designs and
recreated our designs on a larger scale using different objects and materials just like Tony Cragg did in his
work.
After our final piece of artwork was finished, governors, teachers and our family came to have a look at our
work. They thought it was very imaginative and colourful!
“I was in a group that
created a rocket! We
used lots of different
colours and I liked
using the cars to
create the window.”
Alfie Parosns
“Miss Le Page said we
could use any objects we
wanted in the classroom.
It was fun looking
through the draws and
boxes to find different
shapes and colours!”
Harrison Garlick
Amber W
2B Art’s Week
One of the skills we learnt to
help us recreate Vanessa
Bowman’s art was to create
patterns. We split our page
into four sections and drew
four different patterns with
different colours on. We also
practised drawing different
types of flowers, this was
hard!
We looked at lots of
different examples of
Vanessa’s work. We then
answered questions
about how it made us
feel and what we thought
about it .
“It makes me feel
calm because the
colours are light
and pretty.” Leila
2B have been learning about the British Artist Vanessa Bowman.
We have learnt that Vanessa draws still life images. She draws flowers in patterned
vases which are on tables, sometimes she draws different fruits on the table. Our first
job was to look at all of Vanessa’s paintings and answer questions about how they made
us feel and what we thought of them. We then practised different skills to help us
recreate Vanessa’s paintings. Finally, we go to recreate one of her paintings and show
them in our own art gallery.
“I loved using pastels
because we haven’t
used them before.”
Casey
“I loved the art
gallery because
we could see all
of our work that
we had been
working on all
week.” Jack P
Art week in 2S
“I really enjoyed doing the
art work this week, it was the
best week ever.”
Sam Angel-Parsons
“I thought
this art was
really fun, I
like the one
of me.”
Amelia
John Stezaker
John Stezaker attended the Slade School of Art in London, graduating with a Higher
Diploma in Fine Art in 1973. In the early 1970s, he was among the first wave of British
conceptual artists. His work is surreal in tone and is often made using collage and he often
uses pre-existing images
In 2S we decided we liked his work and thought we could put our own spin on his marriage
collection. Rather than joining photos of couples we created a friend collection. We also
used wax crayons and charcoal to create split images. We really enjoyed learning new
shading skills and displaying our art work for our parents to see.
“I used wax
crayon to draw
Harry.” Logan
Arts Week 2016 – Year 3
“I was so happy when I
found out that Mr Seager
had awarded my work a
golden star!” Ella W
Oliver Nightingale
We talked with parents and visitors,
explaining who Rosie is and expressed our
opinions about her art.
Year 3 have had a fantastic time during Art Week!
To begin the week, we found out about the life and works of British artist, Rosie Sanders. We
discovered that she studied art at school and college and was a passionate artist from a young age. We
looked at examples of her work and shared our thought about them. Then, we began to develop our
sketching skills by drawing flowers and fruits, adding colour using pastels and watercolours, just like
Rosie uses.
For our final pieces, we decided which still life we wanted to use in our own art. We worked hard to
create our own fantastic pieces of fruits and flowers, inspired by Rosie and enjoyed sharing them with
parents and visitors during the gallery opening.
“I loved sketching
flowers like Rosie
Sanders and used
pastels for the
first time,” Olivia
W
“Rosie Sanders inspired
my art work because
her art was so realistic
and very detailed.”
Ellis
Art week in 4E
“I learned that
Bridget Riley
was famous for
op art,” Chloe T.
“I loved drawing
optical illusions,
although it sent
my eyes funny,”
Jayden.
Bridget Riley
Bridget Louise Riley
CH CBE is an English
painter who is one of
the foremost
exponents of Op art.
When Bridget Riley first
exhibited her black and
white abstract paintings in
the 1960s, people were
amazed at how they seemed
to move. It was like she was
painting with electricity and
the patterns were live
wires!
Art Focus Week – Helen Brough
“I enjoyed creating
a piece of art over
“I learnt how to use
several days rather
many different types
than just in one
of media. My favourite
lesson.” Beth
was working with
paint.” Zac
A Day at the Tate
Creating our own gallery has been hard work but extremely rewarding; we are all enormously proud with the work
we have created.
Pupils began the week by learning about the Tate gallery and its importance within British society – a gallery that
exhibits and celebrates the work of British artists. Pupils were then introduced to the British artist Helen
Brough; we researched her life and achievements to date and then went on to look at and discuss numerous pieces
of her artwork. We answered many HOTS questions that were displayed on pieces of her artwork around the room
and discussed pieces in groups and as a class, stating which one was our favourite and why. The rest of the week
was spent on using many techniques and a variety of media to create pieces of our own that emulated those of
Helen Brough.
To celebrate our achievements, parents and governors were invited to come and visit the Ridgeway Gallery where
we had the chance to exhibit our work and tell them of all the skills we had learnt and improved in just one week!
“I found it interesting studying one
artist and looking at all her pieces of
art. I loved the Saatchi art.” Demzi
“I liked using a piece of Helen
Brough’s art and making something
similar of my own.” Alex R
Arts Week 2016 – 5R
“I really enjoyed drawing
some of Damien Hirst’s art,
my favourite was the shark
in the tank.” Harrison F
Oliver Nightingale
We really enjoyed sharing our art work
with parents and talking about what we
have learnt so far.
5R have really enjoyed Arts week this year! We chose to study the work of the artist, Damien Hirst. In
November, we went on a trip to the New Walsall Art Gallery, where some of Hirst’s work was being exhibited.
This created a lot of discussion and interest and so it was very exciting to attempt to recreate his art.
We firstly looked at the different examples of Hirst’s art and chose our favourite, discussing it as a class and
giving our reasons. After that, we attempted to recreate examples of our favourite pieces in our sketch books
and answered questions all about them.
For the Art afternoon, we recreated three pieces of work, the first two being abstract and very colourful, and
the third being a more classical portrait. We all really enjoyed showing our work to parents who were all very
complimentary about our work!
“My favourite piece
was the abstract
paint splash, it was
really fun getting
messy with the
paints!”
Ryley
“It was really fun
turning the classroom
into an art gallery, I
really liked seeing all
our work on display.”
Amber W
“I enjoyed
creating the
banner!”
Arts Week 2016 – Year 6
Oliver Nightingale
We invited parents in to come and see what
we have been doing for Arts Week! We
created a walking gallery around the school
and even got to see what the other year
groups had been up to.
We created a banner for our
classroom to show off the artist that
we have been studying this week.
Year 6 have really enjoyed Art Week! We researched the British artist Grayson
Perry and really liked how his work tried to identify British values and things that
stand out as being British!
We used these ideas to try to create our own Grayson Perry-esque pieces. We
tried to mix some British values and ideas with things that are quintessentially
Ridgeway to create a piece that shows how proud we are to be both British and
part of Ridgeway!
“I liked including
bits to do with
Ridgeway!”
“It was fun to think of
all the British values!”
Lilly-Mae Hadley
Will Wilson
We were all very proud of our finished art work; we tried really
hard to show off all of the British and Ridgeway values!