Hello and welcome to the first Home Learning Art Blog. 

Over the coming weeks there will be an opportunity for you to participate in a range of Art activities. These can be done individually, with older or younger siblings, or indeed as a whole family.  Please do email me a picture of your creations and I will upload it onto the Art Blog, so that the whole of the St Peter’s community can admire your creativity.

To get you started over the next few days, I challenge you to have ‘Fun with Foil’.  See what you can create using this accessible and versatile material. Pictures using string and tin foil, people. animals,  fish,  trees or jewellery are just a few ideas,  but I’m sure you will impress me with your inventiveness! Pintrest is always a good place to look.

In addition to this, if you do anything else  ‘Arty’ at home please send me a photo of that as well so that I can share that on the Art Blog too.

Have fun and keep safe and well.

 Mrs Pearson

n.pearson@stpeterswaterlooville.hants.sch.uk

To make a Sharpie tinfoil pendant: (Great Mother’s Day gift!)

1) Cut a small circle from an old cereal box.

2) Cut a slightly bigger circle from tin foil.

3) Draw a simple design on the cardboard, cover the outline of the design with glue and string, and set it aside to dry.

4) Cover the dull side of the tin foil with a glue stick, wrap the tin foil around the cardboard containing the design, and secure the tinfoil with a piece of tape on the backside of the pendant.

5) Rub the tinfoil on the front of the pendant with a piece of felt or old cloth to help the string design show through.

6) Colour the design with Sharpies, and allow to dry.

7) Punch a hole in the top of the pendant, and string or a chain.

Tin foil people – there are a range of videos on You tube to help you make the basic person – Years 4 and 5 have done this with me.

I can’t wait to see what you create!

It was the turn of Turtle class to learn about how teddy bears got their name and to the draw them, choosing whether to use pencil, chalk or a combination of them both.

They are all so cute that I can’t choose a favourite….can you?

For their Art lesson this week, Year 4 focused on the Creation story and thought of a ‘creative’ way to show it through art.  The made Creation circles with each segment depicting a different day of creation.

I love the way the children used different ways to tell the same story.

During their Art lesson the children were looking at art in other faiths.  They learnt that Muslims use prayer mats and pray five times a day.

The children then created their own colourful prayer mats using felt tip pens and tissue paper.

I think they look beautiful – don’t you agree?

Year Three children have been learning about festivals celebrated in other faiths.

During their art lesson this week they learnt about the Buddhist festival, Hanamatsuri. This Japanese flower festival celebrates the birthday of the Buddha Shakyamuni’s born in 565 AD. The flowers commemorate the Buddha’s birth in a garden.

The children then created their colourful gardens for the festival.

It’s always lovely to see the children apply the skills that they have been taught in their own Art work at home.

Emily was practising her Street Art at home after learning about the artist Banksy.

Here are some lovely examples of drawing done by Liberty and Amelie

Lilly made a ceramic tile, while learning about Space.

Well done girls and keep up the fabulous drawing and painting.

The children in Year 5 have been learning about space.  During our Art lesson we drew Aliens and then made them out of Model Magic, which is a fantastic clay to use because you can paint it or colour it with felt tip pens.  While the children were creating their aliens we listen to Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds.

The aliens the children created are absolutely fantastic… don’t you agree?

During their art lessons, Year 6 have been learning about the artist Edvard Munch and in particular is painting  ‘The Scream’

The children then used chalk and oil pastels to do their own interpretation of this masterpiece, along with some very dramatic ‘scream poses’!

I can’t decide which of these is my favourite….can you?

The children have been learning about street art during their art lessons and in particular the work of Banksy.

They have discovered that street art can a way of conveying important messages that are seen by a vast amount of people in the community.

Their first project was to chose a word or phrase that linked to homelessness.

The effect is very powerful and thought provoking.

During their next art lesson the children chose a way to express the Word of God.  I was totally overwhelmed by the stunning art work that they produced.

Which one stands out to you the most and why?

Year One have been learning about toys, old and new.  They have previously drawn teddy bears, so for this lesson they sculpted their bear using model magic.

They look very cute, don’t you agree?