Form VI Still Life Drawing

Still Life Drawing

Close up of Still Life

Form VI have been working on Still Life drawing with Mr. Watts, and posted today is work by Henry Roe. The Still Life section of the exam accounts for 25% (100marks) of the overall exam. More examples of the Form VI Still Life work will be posted in the coming days. 

Still Life by Henry Roe

Henry Roe was also responsible for the poster design (see below) for the recent Shakespeare Society production The Comedy of Errors, photos of which can be viewed HERE.

The Importance of a 'Visual' Education

In yesterday's Irish Times, Eoin Cunningham writes an article on the value of art in the secondary curriculum. Read the the full article HERE.

Competition!

The Frog Blog Science Week Art Competition

November 13th- 20th 2011

Next week The Frog Blog,  (the highly acclaimed blog of the Science Department of St. Columba's College) is holding a nationwide Art Competition as part of Science Week.

For Science Week they want you to draw, paint, sketch or sculpt on any aspect of science, discovery, space and nature!

Entry is completely free and open to anyone in primary or secondary school in Ireland. Just photograph or scan your work and email your entries to art-comp@frogblog.ie.

Entries close on Wednesday 16th November

The winners in each category (Primary & Secondary) will receive a €50 iTunes Gift Voucher.

www.frogblog.ie

Creative Embroidery, Form II

Katie Stewart

Mark Crampton

Creative Embroidery Form II



Gabriel Burgaz Zaballa



Gabriel Burgaz Zaballa



Aytan Barnes



Freddie Morris



Restorers unveil the devil in Giotto's detail

Art restorers have discovered the outline of the head of a devil hidden in the clouds of one of the most famous frescoes by Giotto in the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi. Read the full article  in yesterday's Irish Times about this extraordinary find.

 

Creative Embroidery Form II

Oisin Large




Iris Glaser

Tesh McLarn

Creative Embroidery.

Form II pupils have been working on Creative Embroiderys which has demanded of the pupils both machine stitching and hand sewing. Their designs were inspired by the 'Natural World' and the execution of these designs was inspired by an Exhibition they visited earlier this term which was presented by the Embroiders Guild of Ireland. An array of materials has been used including beads, dye, plastic, tree bark, leaves, sweet wrappers as well as traditional fabric and thread. Over the next couple of days Sccart will publish the Embroidery work from Form II.

BOO!

Form I undertook to complete a brief for their prep which asked them to create a Halloween themed piece of art with nothing more than a piece of orange and black paper , a scissors and a stick of glue. A number of interesting pieces were created ranging from paper sculpture to a torn paper image of a pumpkin! Fireworks and scary faces were also included but we have chosen to publish the work of Art Punch (see below) for the array of images and text that he chose to depict. We especially like the contrast of the torn paper in the pumpkin's face and the clean edges of the remaining images. In addition to this, consideration has been given to the overall balance of the composition. Happy Halloween!