YEAR 4 : Roman Shields

 Year 4 have been studying the Romans this term and in our Art lessons we have been learning about the designs of the Roman shields, designing our own shields and making them.

CONNECT

We first looked carefully at some examples of Roman shields. We discussed new vocabulary such as, 'Scutum shield' and 'Shield Boss'. We learnt what the different symbols represented:

The Eagle Wings were a symbol of the Roman Army.

The Lightning Bolt was a symbol of Jupiter, King of the Gods.

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DESIGN

The children then designed their own shields, thinking about what symbols could represent themselves or their favourite hobbies.

CREATE

To make the shields, the children covered cardboard boxes with red tissues paper and used yellow paper to draw their symbols on. They added on their 'shield boss' and outlined their symbols to help them stand out from a distance.

NURSERY: Fireworks

 Nursery have been sharing some of their experiences of seeing fireworks on bonfire night.

We then had lots of fun creating our own firework paintings. We sprayed paint onto a 'night sky' to make the beautiful bursts of colour that we love to see when watching fireworks.

REMEMBRANCE DAY 2021

Every child in the school has been busy making their own poppy to make a collaborative display for Remembrance Day. 

Nursery used paint and collage to create their poppies.

Reception used paper and art straws to create their poppies.

Years 1- 6 used modelling wire and tissue paper to create their poppies.

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Even the parents have been busy painting a poppy for Remembrance Day...thank you!

KS1 ART CLUB: TREES

 

In Art Club we have been inspired by our beautiful trees that surround us here at Quinton Primary School. We have looked at paintings of trees by the artists: Van Gogh, Klimt and Hockney.

We have used charcoal to sketch the trees on the back field at school and wax crayons to take bark rubbings.

The children created colourful tree pictures by mixing their own colours with poster paint.

Tree Sculptures

Art club have been working on a collaborative piece of artwork for the school. They have painted different patterns to be on the tree trunks,  wrapped tissue paper around the branches, made birds and insects out of pipe cleaners and created flowers out of egg boxes and tissue paper. We will show you a picture of the finished sculptures when they have been put together....watch this space!

Year 2: AFRICA

 

Year 2 have been learning about Africa and some of the animals that live there. We connected with the Tanzanian artist Daudi Tingatinga, observed the patterns of different animal skins, explored printing techniques and created a printed piece of artwork and a painting in the style of Tingatinga. 

Connecting

The children started by looking at several paintings by Daudi Tingatinga. He created large colourful paintings of animals from Tanzania, in a similar style to his father Edward Saidi Tingtinga.

Observing

The children did observational drawings of a variety of animal skins using different grades of pencil. They looked carefully at the lines, texture and marks that were on each animal.

Exploring

The children learnt how to make a printing plate using a polystyrene printing sheet and a ballpoint pen. They experimented with using the printing ink and applying different amounts. 

Creating

In order to create their final printed piece of artwork, they designed and made three different printing plates each, 

They also created a painting of an African animal of their choice on fabric, in the style of Tingatinga.