Anti Smoking

As a cross-curricular activity the SPHE Department has joined forces with the Art Department to produce an anti smoking poster to display in the college. The competition was made available to Form I and Form II and was intergrated into the SPHE lessons to become part of the Substance Abuse Module. Mr. Jackson has been asked to judge the competition and the winning poster (or posters) will be anounced on Monday. Posted today are some of the entries.

The Last Supper

Form IV has completed its depiction of 'The Last Supper' It is a large piece of work incorporating a mixed media approach. The influence of a number of Artists and Art Movemments are evident. Paint is the predominant medium but there is also the interesting inclusion of newspaper collage (reminiscent of early Cubism). The figures themselves are cutouts which echo the work of Matisse who brought the'cutout' to the fore as a viable art form. The bold shapes and strong outlines coupled with a primary colour scheme go some way to replicate Gauguin's work in the early part of the 20th Century and also brings to mind the Pop-art Movement of the 1960s.  The work is put into today's context with a slightly more modern twist to the food items on the table (spot the jar of marmite flying above the head of Matthew) when contrasted with  Da Vinci's original (also note the i-phone held by the disciple James on Jesus' left!). 

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Colour

Today's post again makes reference to Victoria Finlay's book 'Colour, Travels Through the Paintbox'. Last week the colour OCHRE was introduced and today SCC Art is featuring BLUE. In her chapter on BLUE the author travels to Afganistan in search of lapis-lazuli; 'the stone which yields the azure colour ultramarine'. She discusses the relevance of the arrival of the colour ultramarine in Italy in the 13th Century and its impact on religious painting, and its uses and qualities as a glaze for pottery. There is also some discussion of the three colours derived from lapis lazuli,' the colour of water', 'green', and 'red feather' (the colour of the deepest moment of fire). The chapter also makes for interesting reading about her travels through Afganistan and her journey as the first woman to visit the stone mine at Sar-e-sang (place of stone). This lovely book is housed in the SCC Library and was recently presented to the college by Mr. Brett.

Summer Concert Poster Designs

Posted today are two more of the designs entered for the Summer Concert Poster Design Competition.

Samuel Clarke                             Form I

Kaila Korschen                        Form VI

Summer Concert Poster Competition

Posted below are two more poster designs for the Summer Concert Poster Design Competition. Milly Murphy's poster came second in the competition and John Clarke's design received the junior prize.

Milly Murphy                           Form V

  

John Clarke                              Form V

Summer Concert Poster Competition

Congratulations to Imogen Wardell in  Form V who won the Summer Concert Poster Competition! The Summer Music Concert will be held on May 22nd at 8pm. All entries will be posted in the coming days.  Well done to all pupils who entered a poster design.

Imogen Wardell                        Form V

Leaving Certificate Craft Exam 2010

The Leaving Certificate Craft Exam was held yesterday and the pupils in Form VI certainly appeared to be performing well as evidenced by the pictures posted here today. These photographs represent  a small selection of the works in progress with the final glaze firing happening sometime in the next ten days or so (once drying and the initial bisque firing has taken place). Well done to all Art pupils in Form VI and continued good luck for today's drawing exams.

Graffiti

The Form II print project which used the Art of Graffiti as a staring point is almost completed. The process can be viewed in the photos below.  Firstly the pupils designed their image for printing using a word. They were required to use four colours in their design. This was then transfered onto the lino (in reverse)  which becomes the Master Print block. As  each colour is printed,  that area is then cut away allowing the next colour to be printed. Matt Brooke (whose work is posted here) chose the word 'RATZ'.

Art Exams

Art Exams begin today, Wednesday 12th of May. First up is the Junior Cert Drawing Exams today.  Following them will be the Leaving Certificate Craft Exam all day tomorrow and then the Still- Life Composition and Life-Drawing on Friday. SCC Art wishes all pupils the best of luck with these important exams.

Colour

Mr. Brett  recently presented the library with a beautiful book all about colour. 'Colour, Travels through the Paintbox' by Victoria Finlay is an exploration into colour and its origins, meanings and uses. She focuses on a different colour in each chapter; ten colours in total.

In the coming weeks SCC Art will feature a number of the chapters from this book. At present it is displayed inside the door of the library and is well worth a look.  Finlay's  first chapter examines OCHRE. Pictured below is a photograph of the famous ochre mines in Luberon in Southern France.

Ochre comes from Greek meaning 'pale yellow'.  It is an iron-oxide and is the first colour paint used and known by man. Evidence of this exists across the world  and nowhere more than in the cave paintings going back 40,000 years, in Australia. It is here that the author first travels in her quest to uncover the secrets of ochre.