Fleeting Images: Life drawing, action and animation – day 2

Day 2 of our Life drawing and animation course saw Viyki Turnbull working further with the children on how to capture movement in drawing and sculpture. Today we concentrated on skills for animation To view Day 1 click here. We began the morning by looking at some flick book animations created by children – sourced from […]

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Jul, 26, 2016
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Fleeting Images: Life Drawing and Animation

Artist Viyki Turnbull led day one of our Summer Art Course which focussed on drawing the human body in movement. We know children love to draw cartoons, so taking this as a starting point we aim to give more depth to their drawings by focussing on looking at the human form in movement, whilst keeping […]

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Jul, 25, 2016
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Grand designs in the garden

Veena has been working with recycled materials to realise children’s ideas for the perfect garden. First they brainstormed what a good garden should be like. Then the children worked in groups to imagine what a Garden could look like. They were able to share and discuss their ideas. Here are the finished […]

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Mar, 21, 2016
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Into the Woods

Louise Pasquill has followed a woodland theme this term with her year one children using stories and biodegradable materials for inspiration. As animals come out of hibernation it’s definitely springtime in the forest at Pelham school. The children drew beautiful pictures of owls and hedgehogs. Then they made small models from clay – first they […]

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Mar, 21, 2016
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Spiralling dreams – mathematics and art and nature

For Artist Veena Scialo’s latest project with her class at Pelham she began reflecting with the children on her love of the spiral form in nature. She has a keen interest in the ideas around the golden section and divine geometry She began by showing the children a couple of clips found on You Tube […]

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Dec, 02, 2015
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Wild Art on Wimbledon Common 2015 – Day 2

In day 2 of our Wild Art course run by Artist and Forest School practitioner Philippa Snell we continued to think about dwellings for the little people that may inhabit the common when we are not around. In day one we learnt to build a round house for the Hazel Folk using willow to weave […]

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Oct, 28, 2015
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Painting the Great Outdoors: Course 2 – Day 2

If you have been following the progress of our summer outdoor painting courses led by painter Matthew Krishanu take a look at the final day of our second course below. To see course two, day one click here To see course one, day one click here To see course one, day two click here We […]

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Aug, 03, 2015
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Pop-Up Print Studio: Key stage 1 , Day 1

Artist Sabrina-Smith Noble collaborated with Nicole Line to lead day one of our Pop-Up Print studio for Key Stage 1 children. Children began by looking at art works inspired by our under-water theme. They then experimented with tearing and layering tissue and crepe paper to create a deep water scene, thinking about depth and light. […]

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Mar, 30, 2015
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Pop Up Print Studio: Key stage 2, Day 1

Artist Nicole Line led day one of our Pop-Up Print Studio, introducing the children to the art of using a heat press to transfer designs onto fabric and paper. Nicole began by introducing the heat press And demonstrating different effects to dye paper. Spraying Dripping Sponging. The children then experimented with the different effects to […]

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Mar, 30, 2015
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Fun with Photography – Day 1

Photographic artist Marysa Dowling spent the first day of our half term course exploring composition, framing, movement, emotion, storytelling, lighting and the use of props. The first half of this post will focus on the 7-12 age group…so scroll down if you are more interested in the under 6 age group. Marysa began with an […]

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Feb, 16, 2015
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