Palette knife

Lamorna in S5 was experimenting with new techniques today for her expressive folio work- she was using acrylics and a palette knife in the style of Van Gogh!

She really enjoyed it and made a great start!

Football

Today we begin a six week block of PE lessons in S4/5. For some these lessons will form part of their Standard Grade PE work, for others it is simply core PE. We have been fortunate to be able to do PE this year at the National Sports Centre in Largs.



The sports centre has traditionally been where Scotland teams have trained in a wide variety of sports. We are being coached by Jamie and Lee.
It was a great start and the children performed well.




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Back to work!

S4 artists were back to work today on their expressive and design folios. I am looking forward to a successful year!

Brushes!

Having the Apple TV crew with us this week flagged up some iPad art I had missed. Here is a super still life by Brett Gibson in P7:




Watch it being drawn stroke by stroke here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7AqjxPSMaI


And some pieces by Lara in S4:















Watch them being drawn stroke by stroke here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCQCkCFj6tk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sOBjVgopsg

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P7 Art

P7 were doing some iPad art today using ArtRage and Brushes:

A seascape by Isabella before and after she added the boat:









Cayman completed this painting:




And Courtney painted this spooky scene:





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Digital & Traditional

I added to and rearranged a wall display in my classroom to include a varied mix of both traditional and iPad art - it looks good!

S5 art

Lara completed this spooky artrage painting on her iPad today:




Beth in S5 was using beads to decorate a peacock feather for her design project and Lara was sculpting with clay:

Senior Choir Celebrate!

Senior choir are rehearsing for the prize giving today. We are also celebrating our achievements this year with an ice cream at Nardinis!





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S3 & S4 art

Lots of paint and creativity in the art classes this morning!

Manga Art

Lara completed this super ArtRage painting today:



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S4 Mega cities

S4 are comparing the growth of cities in the industrial age with the burgeoning mega cities in this post industrial age. They have watched some clips from the BBC series on Mega Cities, and are now in groups, designing their own perfect Mega City!









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More S3 ArtRage

S3 pupils completed some more ArtRage paintings on their iPads today:

Melissa:



Nico:



Daria:



Christopher:



Nathan:



Nicol:



Melissa:




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The finished fruit bowl!

Great work by P7/S1/S2:

Middle school Art

We had great fun making tissue paper collages of fruit and veg in middle school this morning:

S3 ArtRage

Daria in S3 completed this iPad landscape painting using ArtRage today - fabulous texture!




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New Higher Modern Studies class off to a flying start!

Here are Lamorna, Beth and Lara completing their first essay for Higher Modern Studies. The class are tackling the issue poverty and it's effect on children.






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S5 design

Lamorna was working on the sewing machine today for her war themed poppy dress:




And Beth was creating an intricate beaded peacock feather as an embellishment for her design:

Glasgow School of Art

Pupils in S3 - S5 enjoyed an interesting visit to see Glasgow School of Art's degree show today. Thanks to Robert Kyle and Stuart McKenzie for facilitating it.
















My favourite piece was a sculpture made from shoes: