Art

Pupils will explore artists both historical and contemporary to inspire a variety of artistic experiments.

We also link to world events such as Christmas, Easter, Diwali, Remembrance Day and at times work on the set, and props for school plays.

We structure the club alternating between a taught session and free choice week for pupils to work on pieces of their own choosing too.

The club is taught by our clay specialist Martha Evans. Martha allows each boy to extend his own creativity, whilst encouraging 3D building skills to create a variety of complex and skilful ceramic work.

The charge is £7.00 per pupil per session and Martha Evans will send out details of charging at the start of each term. Payment is made directly to Martha.

This term, Craft Crew will be focusing on the topic: All Around the World. This topic will help us learn and understand about different arts and crafts around the world. We will be getting involved in a range of activities including; painting Australian Indigenous Art, creating Chinese dragon puppets, imitating Adrinka Fabric Painting and practising henna hands.

In the Spring term, we will be focusing on creating 3D art and craft such as sculpture from recycled materials or model-making with clay and salt-dough.

Pupils will focus on the process of creating contemporary artwork rather than just the outcome, exploring modern ways of experimenting with a wide range of unusual materials, as well as more regular art processes; such as card sculpture, photography, 3D building and painting.

Art Scholarship candidates are encouraged to attend if possible to add a deeper breadth to portfolios.

The boys will explore a range of inspirational children’s illustrators through picture books. The boys will learn how different illustrators develop their sketches and which techniques they use. With step-by-step guidance, the boys will create new illustrations using these methods.

Do you love looking at pictures and talking about what you can see? Do you like hearing stories and learning about art in history? Would you enjoy being able to identify a Picasso or a Warhol or a Rembrandt?

Taught by local art historian, teacher and museum guide, Lizzy Rowe, the club will engage children with great works of art by showing them images of famous and not-so-famous masterpieces.

We will also take out our pencils and do some drawing!

The charge is £7.50 per pupil per session and will be applied to each pupil’s termly account in arrears. Please note that a charge for all sessions for the term will be applied regardless of sessions attended unless a pupil has been attending a school generated fixture or event and is unable to attend the activity for that reason.

An introduction to oil painting run by professional artist Catherine Binnie

Pupils will have the opportunity to explore a variety of oil painting techniques using brushes and palette knives on canvas, board and paper .

We will examine the variety of approaches used by Painters through time . Pupils will be encouraged to experiment using their own ideas and responses and to focus on the process as much as the outcome.

All materials included.

There will be a charge of £7.50 per pupil per session and a charge of £10 for the half term course for materials which will be applied to each pupil’s termly account in arrears. Please note that a charge for all sessions for the term will be applied regardless of sessions attended unless a pupil has been attending a school generated fixture or event and is unable to attend the activity for that reason.

An introduction to stone carving run by professional artist, Catherine Binnie.

Working with blocks of natural limestone, mallets and chisels, pupils will learn the process of stone carving from roughing out to sanding and will have the opportunity to create a carving using their own ideas. For inspiration we will look at both historical and contemporary carvings from around the world. All materials and tools provided.

There will be a charge of £7.50 per pupil per session and a charge of £10 for the half term course for materials which will be applied to each pupil’s termly account in arrears. Please note that a charge for all sessions for the term will be applied regardless of sessions attended unless a pupil has been attending a school generated fixture or event and is unable to attend the activity for that reason.

Pupils need to wear old clothing from home as they are likely to get messy!