Robots!

Robots - such fun!
After looking at robots in film (Wall-e from the Disney movie Wall-e, Star Wars' R2D2 and CP30, The Jettsons' Rosie and Lost in Space's imaginatively named Robot) we were inspired to create our own robotic characters....
I always love watching my students in creative mode, and their resulting art is amazing!

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Lily Ponds, Frogs and Dragonflies!

Our mixed media Lily Ponds with Dragonflies (inspired by Claude Monet's 'Waterlilies' of course!) are a perfect setting for our Frog sculptures!

We used dashes of oil pastel softened with an overlay of white to achieve the Impressionist broken-colour effect of light reflections on the pond surface, and added collage waterlilies and dragonflies. A perfect home for a perfect frog!

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Claude Monet 'Water Lilies' 1903

Exotic Frogs!

Our clay frog sculptures are fired and ready for painting!

After looking at pictures of exotic frogs from around the world, we painted our frogs.... We have some lovely green tree frogs, red-eyed rainforest frogs, Panamanian Golden frogs, various Poison-dart frogs and of course lots that we just created ourselves because hey! we're artists, and we can!

They're looking great now, and are just waiting for their final varnish coats next week before they go home!

Our Pets Inspired By Dean Russo

Our art this week is inspired by contemporary American artist Dean Russo.

A Street Art influence is evident in Russo's work, in which he can use up to 10 different media, often including graffiti-like words, spray paint, hand cut stencils and collage to create vibrant pictures full of colour and movement. We've looked specifically at Russo's dog pictures which so beautifully reflect his love of animals.

Our mixed media pictures are created using photos of our pets and layers upon layers of pattern in mixed media - including crayon watercolour resist and black, silver and colour permanent marker on acetate. They are spectacular!!

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Dean Russo: 'Hey! Smile!'

Mad Giraffes

The giraffe, the tallest land dwelling mammal with distinct markings and enormous eyes, has been the subject of many works of art through the ages.

Our giraffes are completed as guided drawings with 2B and 4B pencil with lots of contrasting tone, then adding humorous props with mad bursts of colour!

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Folk Art Flowers for Mother's Day

Mother's Day is a day for celebrating the special women in our lives - Mums, Grandmas or even favourite Aunties! And what better gift to show our love and appreciation than a beautiful vase of flowers? Our folk art collage is an adaptation from Cassie Stephens, inspired by the wonderful, colourful art of mexican folk artist Kerri Ambrosino.

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