Halloween Special - Skulls

Skulls are such a traditional subject to draw - there is a real richness if visual information. There is also a richness of metaphors of understanding and symbolism. No wonder the image of the skull is so popular.

by Cadman (wow and those eyeballs !)

by Simon

by Simon (with eyeball added :)

by Amber

by Tullia

by Toby

by Amelia

by Eryn

by Zainab

by Zainab

by Tullia

It's good to explore it's visual qualities from the scratch and judging from these results the patience of slow careful study pays off.

Monoprints

fantastic monoprints today 

many more were made - here is only a selection 

thank you all for the most wonderful working atmosphere today 

by Fifi

by Fifi

by Nathan

by Nathan

by Zac

by Zac

by Charlie

by Charlie

by Catherine

by Catherine

by Allanah

by Allanah

by Faith

by Faith

B&W torsoes

this is a rather 'classic' exercise - but - how effective it is !!!

all have done so well - and I believe that skills learned on this task will be transferable to all kinds of other areas 

by Eryn

by Zaynab

by Amber

by Amelia

by Jayden

by Zaynab (second viewpoint)

by Tullia

by Toby

by Ty

wonderful grapes and strelitzia still lifes

these were just most wonderful works - thank you again everyone - what an effort - and what a joy :)

by Eryn

by Toby

by Amelia

by Grace

by Amber

by Tullia

by Amber

by Cadman

by Toby

by Amelia

and very sorry for not capturing Eryn's carrots - somehow I must have missed it

Wonderful Birds

wow
am I proud of these paintings !!!!
no - not that I painted them myself - but I have seen you painting them and I saw how well you worked and !

by Eryn

by Tullia

by Toby

by Amber

by Cadman

of course these results show it. I really like how well you understood the idea of blending all those amazing hues and layering them. Most Wonderful !
(much sorry Amelia for my battery's end so that I could not take a photo of your work - next time)

timed up drawings

this Thursday it was a Marathon like effort in drawing - so well done everyone !

here are some selected drawings collaged in order of the progress of the exercise : we started with 2 minutes  (three still-life drawings each) next 5 minutes (three still life drawings each) and then we had only 12 more minutes left for one more detailed drawing. I like to show to students the differences and the progress brought about by the time limit - also it trains the ability to capture the most of the visual information in very quick gestural mark-making - and I think each one of the children got that idea really well this time - which is pleasing 

by Amelia

by Toby

by Tullia

by Grace

by Eryn (here the middle one is the 2 minutes one - it should have been placed at the right hand side edge)