tree

In y5 today we looked at the work of Piet Mondrian. We saw how his work progressed from being quite realistic  to completely abstract. We concentrated on the images he drew of trees. We had a go, using charcoal, to draw trees in a style somewhere in the middle! We drew lines and smudged them to try and show form and a sense depth. The ruler (30cm) gives a sense of the scale we worked at.

painting

Y6 painted strips of paper to represent water. They used wet on wet, spatter and combing techniques.

They are intended for a composite piece that incorporates their ceramic ducks and fish.

 



Meanwhile Y5 took inspiration from Mondrian and Paul Klee to paint 'green' abstract images. These will be used back to back to create leaves for the magic forest that Y1 are currently putting together.

BIG

An abstract piece by members of the art club. After last weeks 'Autumnal Mondrians' they wanted to go brighter and more colourful. We created 4 large (65 x 90cm) pieces on thick black card supports. The children 'signed' them with hand & finger prints.

 

 

art club

This week at our first art club meeting we painted 'Autumnal Mondrians'. We used black card, gave it a coat of white acrylic, let it dry and then applied lengths of masking tape running both horizontally and vertically. We then selected autumnal shades and proceeded to paint the rectangular areas. After drying overnight the tape was carefully removed and voila!

 

 

more mathARTmatics

Further fraction work - getting them to understand fractional parts of wholes. We have previously looked at the work of Mondrian and decided (well I did!) to try and create 'recognisable' abstract pictures based on a simple 4x4 grid.

Again, the children had to label (using a key) the fractional breakdown of their compositions. Am thinking of extending this by painting large versions for display around school.

fridge magnets

All of the cards we made in the school enterprise club sold at our xmas fayre, so for the last session we made fridge magnets just for us. Simple card backing with tacky-back protective film and a magnetic strip (1 euro for 2.5m - a bargain).

With a due nod to Mondrian.