My Parry, Head of Art here at RVHS, and I got our heads together to come up with a project that would take in all of the elements that the teachers wanted to cover. We discussed Art Deco, stained glass windows, icons of the 30s and eventually came up with this... Red telephone boxes (designed in 1936) with Art Deco style stained glass windows! Check out the phone boxes from Class 6...
Each pupil was given a small section of a picture of an Art Deco window and we worked on scaling these up onto A5 card. We used a technique of mapping out the shapes and the pupils all did really well at recreating their pictures on a larger scale. We then looked at some really interesting paintings by Damien Hirst that used real butterfly wings and looked as if they were stained glass windows (http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/beverly-hills-2007-02-damien-hirst). We discussed the painting and the use of shapes before picking our own favourite shapes and patterns from the Art Deco style to fit into our A5 window pieces.Both the classes I have worked with so far seemed to really enjoy the workshop and lots of hands went straight up in the air when I asked if there was anyone at the beginning of the session who thought they wouldn't be able to do it but had changed their mind now that they had seen their finished piece... and that was what the session was all about, gaining confidence and new skills.
So, lets hope the next 3 sessions go just as well!
1.45pm and 3.oopm: Performance on stage
5.30pm: Couldn't stay awake waiting for the train!