Thursday 13th December

Well this week was our last session of Artclub for this half term.

All the "bits" needed painting for our big painting of Cinderella's kitchen. These will be cut out and added on to the background.

To complete the Butterflies and Dragonflies project we needed to paint a background and flowers.  On to this some of the more robust saltdough models we made earlier in the half term, have been stuck.  This I have just assembled up at Children's Centre this evening and it looks fabulous.

The large models we have made are now at the Children's Centre and will be displayed over Christmas. We have a date planned for our Artclubbers to bring their family and friends to see them.  It is on Thursday 17th January at 3.45pm.

 

We look forward to seeing you there.

A huge thankyou to all you KS 1 artists who have been so enthusiastic to try all the things we do, whether it's inside, outside, painting, drawing, making sculptures....you have been amazing........!

Thursday 6th December

This week we continued with our scenery for the Drama Club's production.

 

We had a beanstalk to construct. We cut our painted fabric into strips, stapled the edges together and stuffed them with scrunched up newspaper.

 

 

This will be built in the school hall just before the production in January.

We painted the leaves to add to the beanstalk's stem.

Whilst some of us worked on this, others were busy painting the backdrop which is Cinderella's kitchen.

We printed the brickwork for the old-fashioned cooker, painted the dresser, table, ceiling and window.

Next week is our last Artclub for Key Stage 1. We will be completing the Cinderella painting and creating a background on which we will display the fabulous salt dough butterflies and dragonflies we made earlier in the term.  This will be put up in the Children's Centre to accompany the large scale models we have been making for their community room.

 

Thursday 29th November

Well we like to be ambitious in Artclub!  This week we had two massive paintings taking over the floor of Nursery.

They are both for the Drama Club's Christmas production.  The first is a backdrop of Cinderella's kitchen. 

We used sponges and paint to cover vast areas of fabric.









We concentrated on filling in the floor and the walls of Cinderella's kitchen with colour.

Meanwhile the fabric was being painted that will make the beanstalk.  Using big paintbrushes and sponges to create texture we painted it green.

 

 

Next week we will construct the beanstalk and continue with our painting.

Thursday 22nd November

At Artclub we completed our models of butterflies and dragonflies!  These have been made to hang from the ceiling in one of the community rooms at the Children's Centre in Lofthouse.

The finished pieces look splendid.

We have created faces for each of the models and then made them look extra special by adding lots of glitter and sequins which will sparkle as they catch the light.

 

We are excited to see them in the place they are designed for and I will be contacting the Children's Centre to let them know they are ready to be displayed. 

 

 

 

I am sure they will look fabulous "flying" around the room and we will arrange a date to go and see them there.

 

Next week we will be moving on to a new project.  The Drama Club have asked if we will paint a backdrop for their Christmas pantomime.  This will involve big painting and some construction as I believe there is a massive beanstalk to make...

 

Thursday 15th November

Today at Artclub we added detail to our models.

The dragonflies were decorated with a squared, lined theme.........

 

whilst the butterflies had a more circular theme..........

 

 

 

There were a large variety of colours to choose from and we each selected those we felt best suited our model.

 

There were a variety of textures to choose from, from sequinned fabrics to hand-made felted wool.

We will finish the models next week, adding beads, glitter and creating their faces.

 

Thursday 8th November

Today at Artclub we drew around our models we have made. We drew over the outline in marker pen so that we had a really clear shape in which to design the patterns for the dragonflies and butterflies.

We will be putting the patterns on next week.

Each model needed another coat of paint, so we set to it.

 

 

Next week we will be adding detail to the models - so there will be lots of sticking to do!



 

Thursday 25th October

Today we continued working on our large scale sculptures of dragonflies and butterflies. 

 

The Artclub were asked to make some butterflies for one of the community rooms at the Children's Centre in Lofthouse.  We asked if we could add to the butterfly idea by designing and making dragonflies too, to which they agreed. 

Working in our pairs we painted our sculptures.  We chose which colours we wanted and then just got on with it. 

We chose contrasting colours for the bodies. 

We will be adding pattern and texture to the sculptures and I am excited to think of how unique each piece will become.

 

When we return after half term we will be designing our finished pattern before completing our pieces.