Which ever way you look at it...

Cubist Art is all about angles and points of view (just ask a pupil in 9.2 or 9,1b), and which ever way you look at it - this combined study of a Cubist masterpiece is a colourful tonic for the eyes on a grey December morning. Each student selected their own part/area of the original to work from, and what you see here is a fractured 're-mix' of Pablo Picasso's painting. It's certainly 'reassembled' in the spirit of Cubism!

For those not involved... can you guess which painting they studied, from the fragments you see here?

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Year 7 and 8 Exhibition

Wow! Three letters, one word - but the only way to describe the Year 7 and 8 Art Exhibition last night in the May Hall. Given the open brief 'My Art', these pupils have been working away at home to produce artwork that conveys their passions and interests. The results, frankly, blew our socks off! It was a lovely evening, on which prizes were awarded, accolades given and 'pats on backs' duly distributed.

Well done!

Thanks to our brilliant technician, Charlotte, who spent four days in the eye of the storm, making it all happen!

A few little photographic sketches of the evening follow below.

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Familiar Landscape?

Do the following scenes look familiar? If you have ever attended Trent College, the skylines of these slightly surreal buildings might ring a bell! Local windows and doorways have also been used to create these scenes, and students have arranged them on distressed cardboard surfaces to mimic strange, weathered and imaginary landscapes. The structures are offset by a mountain range of tonal perspective - to lend another layer of mystery...

It's amazing that with a few simple resources, these pupils have conjured up such enigmatic and atmospheric landscapes.

Well done! (especially to Georgia, Leah and Charlie, whose work is featured here!).

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Year 10 WAGOLLs!

You do know what a WAGOLL is, don't you?

Congrats to Julia, Charlotte and Emily (all Year 10) - whose research pages are shown here. Each page has a good balance of analysis, general information, opinion and all are well presented.

Good job!

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Year 11 Darkroom Workshop: Sneak Preview!

This is the view in our upstairs studio today, as dozens of freshly minted photograms are hanging to dry after a fantastic Year 11 darkroom workshop. The images are created in negative after exposing photographic paper (on which students have carefully arranged their chosen objects) to light. The resulting photograms can later be flipped to positive, or left as they are, depending on the desired effect. Expect a post showing examples of the finished articles soon!

Well done to the Year 11 group involved, and huge thanks to our Art Technician, Charlotte, for all her hard work and expertise!

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7W working on fundamental drawing skills...

7W have been set the task of finding themselves on this blog! If you have managed to do so... Hello 7W! Can you see yourself focusing on this tricky drawing task?

For anyone that wasn't there, check out this hard working Year 7 group, getting to grips with this exercise. By the end of this session, pupils were making decisions about how to light a subject, how to draw these simple shapes accurately, and then apply the appropriate amount of dynamic tone. As we move through the curriculum, these fundamental skills will stand them in good stead as they attempt increasingly sophisticated forms.

We'll done 7W. Great lesson!

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Year 12 checklist...

'Exciting materials' - check
'Extractor fan on' - check
'Latex gloves' - check
'Year 12 Students ready to rip into some large format, expressive drawings' - check!

Having never tried this combination of materials before (Graphite, oil pastels and white spirit), Year 12 get stuck into some observational drawing which will contribute to their 'Gluttony' coursework portfolio. Though unfamiliar with the medium, they have been ambitious in both scale and approach - and some fantastic drawings are beginning to emerge!

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Year 10 Vanitas Drawing

Year 10 have completed their first drawings for the Vanitas project. They've taken a few weeks to produce, and were inspired by the dynamically lit photos  they took at the very start of September. The drawings are all 40x40cm, and made from graphite and gouache paint. Also included here, a couple of details so you can really see the layered mark-making technique that has gone into producing them.

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The Science Of Drawing

Year 7 are chewing through the basics! This week they're looking at dynamic tone. With clamp stands and lights, they're really interrogating these simple shapes to better understand and replicate the effects of light on form. It was an intense lesson, and some fantastic work was produced - laying some really sound foundations for the more complex observational work to come.

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'Tates' are like busses...

You don't see one for ages, and the two come along at once! The Trent College 6th Form trip to London was a whistle stop tour of the great and the good in Art, showcased in the Tate Britain and Tate Modern galleries. Some of the world famous masterpieces were well know to our students, and other works were unknown and challenging. They handled both with aplomb!

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Year 11 students hard at work

Well done to the Year 11 students who are all working hard on their Vanitas project. We've only just started, but they're looking great already!

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