In Year 3 we are very lucky to have some visiting artists from Art Base to assist us with our art lessons. Beth and George have been working with us to create some fantastic new artwork for the corridor outside our classroom.
The theme for this term's corridor art was 'Printing' so we decided to link our work with our recent history topic of Ancient Egypt.
- We made preliminary studies of scarab beetles, using our observational skills to create pencil sketches. We paid careful attention to shading and blending our drawings.
- We explored different kinds of printing using a variety of media to create different patterns and styles.
- We chose everyday items with different textures, such as bubble wrap, cotton buds and building blocks, in order to create a vibrant printed background for our artwork.
- For the scarabs themselves, we used foam and polystyrene shapes to create prints using black ink.
- We chose a warm colour palette to create the printed backgrounds for our scarab pictures. We chose to use warm colours to reflect the heat of the Egyptian desert.
- For the scarabs themselves, we chose to use iridescent paint in jewel colours. In Ancient Egypt, scarabs were used in jewellery and as part of the mummification ritual as a symbol of protection. We wanted to reflect the importance of scarabs in Ancient Egypt by choosing rich, shimmering colours for our designs.
- We experimented with different printing techniques in order to perfect our work. We used vibrant poster paints to create the background for our scarabs.
- We chose to use black ink for the printed detail and to outline our scarabs in order to make them stand out.
We are really pleased with the results, and we hope you enjoy looking at our new art display!
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