Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year

A few highlights of the year....

Through the studio window... entries for the Saatchi Schools' Prize 2015

As per each academic year we select the best artworks from the Academy and submit them for the Saatchi Schools' Prize. This is a highly regarded Prize, which consists of the chosen student's work to be displayed in the gallery and a substantial prize fund for the student and school.

Good luck. Here are the entries

Through the studio window...Year 8 self-portraits

A few weeks into the self-portrait studies and these are starting to look fantastic. All of the portraits are starting to develop likeness and character of the individual students, through using tone, texture and shape to define the overall face and features.

Through the studio window...AS Level Unit 1 Transformations

Through the studio window....Silver Arts Award

Year 12 Enrichment Arts Award students completing Unit 1 work. All have different projects they are working on, from a newspaper dress to ceramic and glass work.

Through the studio window.... A-Level sketchbooks

Through the studio window...Year 11 Sketchbooks in focus

Some excellent work produced from the recent Tate Modern visit, linked with their 'Identity' GCSE unit.

Through the studio window...Year 10 Safely Contained drawings

This week the Year 10 groups are continuing with their coloured pencil studies, based on the theme 'Safely Contained'. Students have taken their photographic resource for the project, thus enabling them to specify early on, their personal connections to the broader theme.

Through the Tate Modern window....Year 11 visit

The Year 11 GCSE groups visited the Tate Modern on London's South Bank earlier today. All were exceptionally well behaved and completed some fantastic work. Mostly students enjoyed the opportunity to experience artworks in the flesh and record their observations through photography and through drawing studies of the pieces.