Wednesday 11 December 2013

A Chicken's Tale!

Our Early Years Unit have had great fun over the last few weeks working with artist Fabric Lenny. They have created a vast array of mark making, prints, paintings, collaborations, stories, information texts a video or two and a short animation...phew!!!
Have a look at our awesome photo's and follow the links to Fabric Lenny's blog to see more of our project which was kindly funded by The National Lottery via The Big Lottery Fund. An amazing 32 families from our Reception classes have been involved. Fantastic!










My personal favourites! The 'Parent' and 'Child' chicken portraits!!!! Love these sooooo much!






Click on this link below to see the short film 'A Chickens Tale' just one part of our amazing project!

http://vimeo.com/81403801

http://kirkleesarts4all.blogspot.co.uk/





Mayan Self Portraits

Year 4 have more or less completed their Mayan style self-portraits in 2D. A3 in scale these designs have taken some time to complete as the pupils went on a lovely investigation in to Mayan cultural symbols, design preparations using photography, tracing and imaginative drawing. Sketchbook work helped us prepare our ideas, then away we went in a step by step process of creating portrait and glyphs (every one unique)!

I wonder from the gallery below can you guess at any of our Year 4 pupils????






















However that is not all! As some of these images are now to appear on a tent like fabric covering that is being created for our reading area in the new Allen Lawton Learning Centre. So our design work becomes Public Art! Brilliant!

The pupils are now working on relief portrait images and we will soon post up further display work of the additional learning undertaken this term.   









Saturday 28 September 2013

'The Pirates of Rabbit Doll Island' - Battyeford's Film goes global!!!!

 

This weekends top story in the Huddersfield Examiner! Click on the link to find out more!

 

http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/mirfied-kids-set-sail-adventure-6106550


We are so lucky to have had this opportunity to work with Yvonne Roberts and Fabric Lenny through First Light ...the legacy continues, look out for more news soon ....




Wednesday 25 September 2013

Life Drawing is a Breeze for Year 5!

Year 5 have been exploring drawing the human form from first hand experience, linked to their World War II theme and studies on the role of the War Artist (in this context Henry Moore)...

 

I always say that if we learn one thing in this project it is that 'curved lines suggest form'. We have been exploring this concept drawing with a range of materials and techniques. I tell the pupils that I was 17 the first time I encountered 'life drawing' and mostly they give a little gulp, before rising to the challenge and showing me the full range of their capabilities!

 

 First of all we started by capturing the figure using the wax resist technique and then over drawing with Biro's. Next we have moved on to drawing with erasers into a charcoal ground, then layering additional marks over the top. Lucky pupils (yes you Tom!) got to basically lay down and have a little nap for half the lesson whilst we drew them! They enjoyed this! Whilst our beady eyes went from paper to subject, we  captured the effect of fabric draped over the 'sheltering' bodies. This lesson has been a great success and you can see the results below....

 

 

Our boys are deep in concentration...

 "I am getting better at this!" says William
"I have been practising drawing at home with my Gran Mrs Deane, I really want to improve!" says Alex (Wonderful stuff)