Hugh Lane Gallery

 On Wednesday 23rd of January Form II art pupils spent the morning at the Hugh Lane Art Gallery. Under the expert care of artist Frances Coghlan they undertook a study of four paintings from The Gallery's collection. After their tour they were guided to the education studio where they produced their own paintings. This work was loosely based on what the pupils had viewed earlier in the morning. The four paintings they looked at in the Gallery were  Waterloo Bridge by Claude Monet, Tea in the Garden by Walter Osborne , There is No Night by Jack B. Yeats and Evening Malahide by Nathaniel Hone.
 

Over the next few days examples of pupils' work from the workshop will be posted.

 

Waterloo Bridge by Claude Monet

Tea in the Garden by Walter Osborne

There is No Night by Jack B. Yeats

 

Evening Malahide by Nathaniel Hone.

Snow

Form V Q Set rose to the challenge of depicting a snow scene in their lesson this week.

Q Set Watercolours

The College looks beautiful today with snow falling gently.  Perhaps it may be the inspiration for the next set of watercolours to be painted by the Form V Q Set.  Posted below are a few examples from last weeks lesson.

Turner's Watercolours

JMW Turner (1775-1851)

Each  year in January there is an exhibition of  watercolours and drawings by JMW Turner at the National Gallery.

 There is a good reason why the work is only shown in January, as explained on the webpages of the National Gallery.

The Exhibition is currently running at the Print Gallery in the National Gallery  until he end of January 2013.

The Doge Palace

Watercolour painting

Q Set classes have begun to experiment with watercolour painting this term.They are employing a number of techniques including washes, using media such as masking fluids and texture medium.

Junior Certificate Art Exhibition

 

 The end of term is fast approaching and this evening will see The College host the Junior Cert Art Exhibition in the BSR. This will take place after the Annual Carol Service in The College Chapel. The work of the Junior Cert Art pupils from the last academic year will be available to view throughout the evening. The standard this year is very high with approximately 50% of the pupils achieving an 'A' grade. It will be well worth a visit. Images in this post offer a glimpse of what will be on show.

Form III Examinations

Andrew Holt

Janet Boyd

Mark Crampton

Examinations

Examinations have begun for all Forms and posted this week are some examples of observational drawings created by pupils during examinations week. Posted today is work by Form II. 

 

 

 

 

Graphic Design, Form II.

Posted today are more of the album covers designed by Form II pupils during their graphics studies.




Daisy McKeever
 



Ralph Sweetman-Sutton

 

Michael Kennedy



Freddie De Montfort

 

Graphic Design

Today's long overdue post features work from Form II.  The theme 'Me myself and I' was explored through collage. Thumbnail sketches based on the imagey in the collages formed the basis of the design process for creating an album cover. Images below depict some of the album covers as works in progress. More examples will be posted during the week.



Jack Masding



Ciana Taylor



Kirsten Higgins