Through the studio window.....Year 10 Adorn, Decorate and Embellish

A peek into some of the sketchbooks from Year 10 students, as they prepare for their mock examinations after Christmas.

 

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and we will return in the New Year to show the work leading to and on the GCSE mock examinations!

Through the studio window.. Year 11 GCSE Artists

For those beady eyed out there, you will have noticed we featured a Year 11 class a few weeks ago, but we thought it was only fair to show the other GCSE class. 

Here you can see they are working on their coursework in a variety of ways, some students are refining their 2D material studies and others are using clay to test mask structures, in preparation for their mock examination in Janurary.

Through the studio window....Natural form sculptures

Inspired by Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth's sculptures, our Year 9 artists are currently creating small clay maquettes based on their sculpture designs, which they will then go on to make on a larger scale. They are using a variety of ceramic techniques, and have focused on the structure, shape, form and surface design of their emerging objects.

Through the studio window... Monoprinting

 

Some Year 11 GCSE students,

used their primary resources (photographs) from a wide range of their chosen themes, to explore monprinting. It took a while for them to all truly start experimenting with the printmaking technique, however we had some excellent and skilled results!

Through the studio window... GCSE Year 9 'Natural Form' sketchbooks

A few selected sketchbooks to show a range of skills the Year 9's are exploring in relation to desiging their own sculpture. Inspired by Henry Moore, these pages show how simple ideas can come into fuition, through careful observation, creativity and technical drawing abilities. 

Through the studio window....GCSE Year 11 'Identity' Unit

 

 

Year 11 Artists working in their 'Identity' sketchbooks, on Artists' research and transcriptions of artworks. All the students have very personalised themes for the Unit, and it is exciting to see this work evolve in and outside of the lessons.

Through the studio window.....A2 Level artwork

A snapshot of our A2 Level students hard at work on their personalised projects, which form their coursework Unit this year. A nice selection of figurative and photographic artwork developing at the moment.

Through the Studio window....Welcome to the new Art Department blog

Each week this space will show a variety of artwork across all Key Stages, exploring the constant heartbeat of the Art Department here at Harris Academy Crystal Palace. We hope you will enjoy viewing the artwork as much as we enjoy teaching it!

The blog will also feature exhibitions, gallery news and current events at the school or externally.