Year 9 Pop Art Self Portraits

Year 9 students have been exploring the work of the Pop Artists to inspire their self-portraits. Students used a photograph of themselves to complete a linear drawing before creating a background based on their contextual studies.

 

Year 10 Trip - National Portrait Gallery London

Year 10 students recently visited the National Portrait Gallery, London. The purpose of the visit was for students to explore the collection of portraits currently on exhibition and complete some studies directly from the artworks. These studies will inform each student's practice within their current project.

Spotlight on Peter Rand - Fashion Photography from 1960's

 Some of the more popular artworks:

Mick Jagger by Andy Warhol, 1975. Silkscreen print.

Joan Collins by Andy Warhol, 1985. Silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on canvas.

Paul McCartney ('Mike's Brother') by Sam Walsh, 1964.Oil on masonite. 

Bill Morris by John Keane, 2005. Oil on injet printed cotton mounted on canvas.

       

Sid James by Ruskin Spear, 1962. Oil and collage on canvas.

William Maxwell Aitken 1st Baron Beaverbrook by Walter Richard Sickert, 1935. Oil on canvas.

 

David Hockney ('The Student - Homage to Picasso') by David Hockney. Etching.

Robert Polhill Bevan self-portrrait, 1913-1914. Oil on canvas.

Student sketchbook studies in the gallery:

Year 9 Self-Portraits

Year 9 students are currently exploring self-portraiture and are midway through their intial pencil studies.

 

Key Stage 5

A selection of Year 12 and Year 13 sketchbooks and final exhibitions covering a range of themes.