Welcome to the George Spencer Art Department Blog!

Hello and welcome to the George Spencer Art Department blog!

The Art department are:

Mrs Eddy (Head of Art), Mrs Sidey, Miss Welsh & Miss Johnson...

... plus all of our Key Stage 3, GCSE & A level Art and Photography students!


Thursday 31 October 2013

Year 7 Art Trip to Yorkshire Sculpture Park

It is the time of year when we take the Year 7's to YSP to experience Art work in situ. The day is full of activities: modelling with playdough, texture rubbings, poem writing, designing and drawing, human sculptures and found object sculptures.

Inspired by Barbara Hepworth's Family of Man


 Goldsworthy inspired leaf arrangements
 The pupils write poems based on their time on the trip, after looking at the work of Alec Finlay. These have been written on luggage tags so we can display them in the trees outside the Art Department.

"I look out over the field
Sheild my eyes from the sun,
I admire the art and the sculptures
today has been good fun"
 
"Sitting still in the dappled sunlight,
Bronze figures in the distance,
Awaiting pictures to be taken,
this is Yorkshire Sculpture Park"
 




The pupils use their experiences from the day in Term 2 when they complete a sculpture project.

Friday 18 October 2013

Art and Photography Awards for 2012 - 2013

Last night was the George Spencer Academy Prize Giving Evening. The evening is a great chance to celebrate the successes of the students across the whole school and to highlight those that have achieved above and beyond. The following images show the Artwork of the Art award winners.

Work hard and next year it could be you....






Tuesday 8 October 2013

A2 Art

The A2 Art group are really starting to get their teeth into their Unit 3: Personal Investigation. Here is a glimpse of a few of the quality studies they are producing.....



 




Friday 4 October 2013

Scrapyard Best Prints

Here is a selection of images that the Year 12 Photography Students have been working on. They have been developing their Photoshop skills, and learning how a few adjustments can really enhance the overall look of the photograph.