This week, the children completed their beautiful canvas paintings inspired by Claude Monet. Throughout the lesson, they carefully observed Monet’s masterpieces, describing the colours, brushstrokes, and atmosphere in his artworks. Using these observations, the students created their own interpretations on canvas. Each piece is truly unique — the children’s creativity, personality, and confidence in using […]
Ms Temple’s Class – Art Update – T1-W12
This week, the students continued working on our large Egyptian wall painting project. After completing their sketches last week, the children began adding colour using oil pastels. They focused on traditional Egyptian colours and patterns while carefully filling in the figures and details. Next week, we will enhance their artworks by adding layers of watercolour […]
Mr Dunn’s Class – Art Update – T1-W12
This week, Mr Dunn’s class completed their self-portraits inspired by Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin. After finishing their portraits, the students chose their favourite artwork by either Van Gogh or Gauguin and created their own drawing based on that piece. In this project, they went a step beyond using oil pastels and experimented with […]
Mrs Sim’s Class – Art Update – T1-W11
Mrs Sim’s class continued their Kandinsky unit this week. The pupils explored a range of Kandinsky’s artworks and tried recreating the dots, lines, shapes and forms he often used. They drew circles of different sizes, used rulers to create lines and geometric shapes, and then painted their designs with vibrant colours inspired by Kandinsky’s style. […]
Ms Staines’s Class – Art Update – T1-W11
This week, Ms. Staines’s class had a special art session using a unique material — canvas. The students experienced what it feels like to paint on the same type of surface used by many professional artists, and they truly enjoyed working like real painters. The class also spent time observing a variety of Claude Monet’s […]
Ms Temple’s Class – Art Update – T1-W11
This week, the students took a deeper look into Egyptian art, focusing on the characteristics and themes found in wall paintings and tomb paintings. They explored how the human figure was depicted, why certain body parts—such as the eyes and chest—were shown from the front, while the nose was drawn in profile, and what these […]
Mr Dunn’s Class – Art Update – T1-W11
This week, Mr. Dunn’s class learned about the relationship between Gauguin and Van Gogh and explored the unique characteristics of their artistic worlds. Using the slide titles and guiding questions provided by the teacher, the students created their own Google Slides presentations. They completed each chapter with care and later presented their work to the […]
Ms Temple’s Class – Art Update – T1-W10
This week, the students learned about the main characteristics of Ancient Egyptian art. After exploring the PowerPoint presentation I prepared to gain a general understanding, each student chose a picture and title provided by me to conduct their own research. They also created their own question sheets and searched for answers independently. Next week, the […]
Mrs Sim’s Class – Art Update – T1-W10
This week, Mrs Sim’s class learned about the abstract artist Wassily Kandinsky, who believed that “colour and shape can express feelings and music.”We looked at his famous artwork “Squares with Concentric Circles” and discussed how each circle could represent a different mood or emotion. The children then created their own versions of Kandinsky’s colourful circles […]
Ms Staines’s Class – Art Update – T1-W10
This week, our young artists learned about the famous French painter Claude Monet, one of the founders of Impressionism. We explored how Monet used colour and light to capture the beauty of nature, especially in his artwork “The Water-Lily Pond.” Children looked at Monet’s garden in Giverny and discussed how he was inspired by the […]