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No Comment, No Win
A little while ago, I promised myself that when the blog hit 100,000 views, I would award the first comment after that milestone with a bag full of pressies. The winner was Sanah B from the USA. Sanah...
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Just Like Shannon!
I just love this pencil portrait from Shannon H (S3/OLSP). She was asked to draw an expressive and detailed self-portrait. Usually when female pupils are asked to draw a portrait they end up drawing...
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Sophie’s World
Sophie (S2/OLSP) creates beautiful little jewellery pieces at home. The little silver cast charms are expertly collected together to form rings, ear-rings, necklaces and bracelets. What I like about...
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Laura’s Creepy Crawley
This week’s ‘AOTW’ comes from Laura H (S2/OLSP). She is working on an environmental building based on a house centipede. She is making a maquette of the centipede first and then developing some of the...
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Fans Of Fanelli
I am working with my S1 classes at the minute, trying to rush finished pieces for their whole school ‘Fit 4 Life’ unit. My pupils looked at the artist Sara Fanelli and took inspiration from her to...
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BBC NEWS Games Special
The Art Clast team have been working very hard in completing a report for the BBC News School Report. They focused on games this year, highlighting addiction, underage gaming and the effects of...
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Fanatical About Fanelli
Sarah D (S1/OLSP) has been working on the amazing piece above. She was creating it for a challenge focusing on mental health and art therapy. Inspired by Sara Fanelli, she was able to finish the work...
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Holey Moley
I created an exemplar for my S1′s Fanelli/mental health unit. It focused on the idea of taking something bad and turning it into a good thing. Quite a hard concept for S1 pupils to digest, though I...
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More Fans of Fanelli
I’ve been typing too much lately, so here’s some more great images from our Fanelli inspired project.
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Every Cloud
Laura O’D and Abby B entered the ‘No Knives, make better lives’ film competition a few months back. Their entry was selected out of 250 entries for the final awards ceremony featuring a short list of...
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A Whole New Level
When you see Monica S’s (S6/OLSP) work it just makes you want to take all your pencils and paints and throw them in the bin. Don’t!!! There’s only one way of being this good… practice. Her paintings...
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Why I’ve Been Busy
Sorry, I haven’t updated in a while because I’ve been really busy in school with exams. Though the storm is calming and I have been collecting a huge number of photos of great work for you. For now,...
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Getting Better And Better
Mia B (S4/OLSP) fine tuned her pastel work for her Standard Grade Exam. Her previous work can be seen here.
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Getting Better And Better Again
Monica L (S4/OLSP), like most of my pupils, worked on her standard grade image over and over to discover the best ways to recreate it during the exam. It is true what they say…. ‘Practice makes...
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Monica L’s (S4/OLSP) Standard Grade Exam image is such a beautiful image. The warm luxurious purples in the red onions draw your eyes to the right of the image, then after being awed by the detail...
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Arson She Wrote
A great short film parody on ‘Murder She Wrote’ created by my S1 class for their WIKID Challenge (focusing on crime investigation).
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The Book Sandwich
Art does not always have to be made by artists. I took a class last year in which a lot of pupils who did not like art, had to experience it as part of their ‘Curriculum for Excellence’. One pupil...
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A Great Start To A New Year
Lara M (S2, OLSP) has started off our new term in style with her great nameplate above. All pupils of the Art Classroom create an individual name plate, using hand drawn lettering, focusing on light...
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Hand Drawn Pattern
Isla L (S1, OLSP) shows off her patience for detail and quality during her creation of a hand drawn pattern for the front of her homework book.
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Judy Preview
The preview trailer of the upcoming psychological horror short by Sammy Mansfield based on Mr Punch and his wife Judy. Caution: Mildly frightening, Disturbing
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