Art and Design

To celebrate Maths Week, we looked at how we can construct an impossible triangle in art. First, we had to draw an accurate equilateral triangle using a ruler and protractor […] […]

This week we have really enjoyed reading ‘The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark’ by Jill Tomlinson. The story was a great follow on from learning about celebrations that […] […]

This term, Haffydown have been diving into the bold, expressive world of Jean-Michel Basquiat, a ground breaking neo-expressionist artist known for his energetic lines, vivid colours and powerful storytelling. Basquiat’s […] […]

This term, Year Four are learning all about Living Things and Their Habitats. As part of this unit, we have learned that scientists classify animals and plants into different groups, […] […]

In line with our geography topic on China we have been learning about a Chinese installation artist/sculptor named Yin Xiuzhen. Our unit is called ‘Where is in your suitcase?’ It […] […]

In our recent art lessons, Puddlebridge have been diving into the world of perspective drawing, learning how to make flat images appear three-dimensional using clever techniques such as vanishing points, […] […]

Our art learning this half-term has enriched our historical learning about the Mayans. We began our learning journey with the learning question ‘What is perspective?’. We looked at a variety […] […]

We have been learning so much about animals! Following on from our trip to the allotments to find out about local wildlife, we have been learning all about wildlife in […] […]

In Danes, we have been learning about Peter Thorpe. We looked at many of his rocket paintings, observing the use of colour in the background and foreground before having a […] […]

To begin our learning in art this year, we have sketched Second World War planes. We started our learning journey looking at photographs of a variety of planes and drew […] […]

We talked about boundaries and hazards. We made story sticks to represent our first session of forest school with Ranger Skull. […]

This term, our art lessons are intertwined with our History topic: the journey from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. To truly immerse ourselves in this ancient period, we […] […]

In art, we have been producing our own masterpieces inspired by the work of Wassily Kandinsky. First, we learnt about his life and how his work developed and changed over […] […]

Our first few days back in school after Christmas were full of exciting Art and Design Technology. Before Christmas, we worked on sketching and block printing in the style of […] […]

In art, we have been practising our observational drawing skills by drawing poppies of Remembrance. This built upon our previous learning about how to create texture and depth in our […] […]

In the lead up to Remembrance Day, we have been thinking about the symbolism associated with poppies and why people choose to wear them. In order to develop our pencil […] […]

Our focus for Art Day was Andy Goldsworthy, a British sculptor, artist and environmentalist. Goldsworthy creates Land or Earth Art, which is art that is made directly in the landscape, […] […]

We will be looking at work from Claude Monet, Vincent Van Gogh and Jean Metzinger. We looked at some work by the impressionist artist, Claude Monet. We used finger painting […] […]

To link with our learning about Roman Britain, we have been looking at mosaics in Art. We learnt about how mosaics were used to decorated the floors in Roman villas […] […]

We have been learning all about colours and colour mixing. We read a fantastic book called ‘Mixed’ by Arree Chung’. It tells a story of a city of Blues, Reds […] […]

We are looking at animals around the world and how we can create art with them. We are going to do observational drawings, create animal patterns, make a totem-pole and […] […]

This term, Year Four are learning all about Living Things and Their Habitats. As part of this unit, we have learned that scientists classify animals and plants into different groups, […] […]

We are learning about China this half term. We can use an atlas to locate major cities and rivers. We are looking at bordering countries, seas and oceans. We are […] […]

We have been learning all about animals from different parts of the world. We have used the core text of ‘The Ugly Five’ by Julia Donaldson. It was really interesting […] […]

In computing, Haffydown had the opportunity to create pictures on 2Paint. They looked at a variety of art styles such as pointillism, impressionism and surrealism. Below is some of their […] […]

As part of our learning about ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’ we created our own trolls using clay. This is a progression from using play’doh which we have used lots […] […]

In art, we will be looking at the work of artist Peter Thorpe whose life-long love of space exploration has inspired much of his work. We will be learning about […] […]

This term, we have been developing our pencil sketching skills. We have looked at different grades of pencils and the effects that can be created through shading and adding texture. […] […]

In art, we have been developing our drawing skills. First, we experimented with different grades of pencil before focussing on how texture, shade and tone. After that, we looked at […] […]

We have been enjoying exploring Autumn. We have been collecting objects which show that the season has moved into Autumn now. We have been using these items in our child-initiated […] […]

In art, we have been looking at the work of Wassily Kandinsky. We created our own pieces of abstract art inspired by his work. We were able to apply our […] […]

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