Happy Hippy Hair!

I want it long, straight, curly, fuzzy, snaggy, shaggy, ratty, matty

Oily, greasy, fleecy... shining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen

Knotted, polka-dotted... Twisted, beaded, braided

Powdered, flowered, and confettied, bangled, tangled, spangled, and spaghettied!

(from Hair the Musical)

Listening to 'Hair', students worked with photos of themselves creating their own 'hippy hair' using organic line and shape while others decided to do a personal Medusa make-over, giving themselves a head of hissing snakes! Each area is filled with pattern for an intricate decorative effect before finishing with a splash of soft pastel colour.

Let it fly in the breeze and get caught in the trees
Give a home to the fleas, in my hair
A home for fleas, a hive for the bees
A nest for birds, there ain't no words
For the beauty, splendor, the wonder of my hair!!!

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Illustrating Aesop's Fables

Fables are short stories, usually created for children, to teach a lesson... Perhaps the most famous fables were written by Aesop in ancient Greece, more than 2600 years ago! Using animals as the main characters, many of the lessons he taught so many years ago are still relevant today.

We hope you enjoy our Aesop's Fables illustrations.

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Hybrid Creatures Inspired by Greek Mythology

I've just returned from a glorious month in Greece, with so many ideas for our art!
The Greek culture is so rich in art, history and mythology, there is inspiration everywhere....

Our first project this term is based on the hybrid creatures of Greek Mythology, represented as a statue mounted on an Ionic column. We have Centaurs, Harpies, Pegasus, Chimeras, Griffins, Cerebus, Echidna, Delphi Sphinx  ... and many decided to create their own!

Did you know that while Classical Greek sculpture is usually thought of as the pure white marble statuary we see today, the ancient Greeks actually represented their Gods, and the monumental temples that housed them, in vivid, brilliant colour!

In the Cambridge University Museum of Classical Archaeology the Peplos Kore stands
side by side with a plaster copy, painted as the original would have beeen.

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