Paki Smith

This morning,  Paki Smith (OC) will give a talk on film production to Transition Year pupils in the art room. He is a fine artist with a number of one man shows to his credit. He is also heavily involved in film set production/design and has worked on films such as Batman Begins (2005), Veronica Guerin (2003), Sleepwalking (2008) and the most recent batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises (2012). Information on all of these productions can be found on the IMDB website.



Colossus or Nebuchadnezzar's Dream (film still)

2009



Master Class in Figurative Drawing

Tomorrow morning Una Sealy will spend the moring in the art room demonstrating her drawing skills and assisting our pupils in developing their own life drawing skills. Una Sealy is a well known figurative painter and we are lucky enough have her as our guest judge at our annual art exhibition and art prize eveing later this term. Listen to Una Sealy talk about her painting work on the video link below.

Artist Stories/Una Sealy from Fingal Arts on Vimeo.

In The News

Yesterday's Irish Times paid tribute to the work of artist Petroc Sesti who has produced work such as Event Horizon,  one in a series of sculptures  in which a vortex appears to have been captured in a glass vessel. A whirlpool spirals inside a giant bell jar, suspended in perpetual motion. Sesti creates his vortex sculptures such as Event Horizon, Vanishing Point and Perpetual Void using optic oil, which has the appearance of water.

See more about the project HERE.

Photos of a Remote Vietnamese Community

In today's Irish times there is a short article featuring a new  photographic exhibition about one of Vietnam’s poorest and most isolated ethnic minorities .

The exploration of the daily lives of the Hmong people was captured by Irish Times photographer Frank Miller during a visit to the country last year.

The Minority Report exhibition will be on display at the Irish Aid Volunteering and Information Centre, Dublin, until February 27th (open from Monday to Friday; free entry).

A slideshow is available at: iti.ms/yDYeVM

The full article can be read HERE.

'Inside I'm Dancing'

Yesterday, Form IV Art pupils were treated to a talk by OC Peter Robertson on the film 'Inside I'm Dancing', a film which the Form IV are currently studying. Peter Robertson was the director of photography on this film and his talk included explanations about specific scenes within the film as well as movie making in general. He spoke of the importance of the relationship between the director and the cinematographer. The Form IV found the lecture to be most informative and very enjoyable.

Life Drawing

Life sketching is an integral part of the Leaving Certificate curriculum. Form VI pupils take time once a week to practise this section of the curriculum to ensure they do not lose momentum.  Posted today are examples of some gesture drawing by Ciara O Byrne and Henry Roe.

Ciara O Byrne

Henry Roe

Form I, Print

Term began two days ago and posted below are some examples of finished prints from last term by Form I pupils.

 There is lots to look forward to this term in the Art Department including the annual art prize eveing which will be judged this year by the artist Una Sealy.

Soren Higgins

Art Punch

Junior Certificate Art Exhibition

The Annual Art Exhibition of Junior Cert work that was completed during 2010/11 will be on display tomorrow evening in the BSR. It follows the Carol Service in the Chapel and the work can be viewed while sipping on mulled wine and munching mince pies!

Posted below is a small selection of some the work on display tomorrow evening.

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.