iCollaborate - Markmaking in an Early Years Setting

Today was day one of a fantastic new project at Littletown J.I.N. School in Liversage. The focus for the project is mark-making with nursery and reception age children using a variety of approaches and media. The plan was to ease into the project by setting out my stall and creating a number of images to hook the children into further activity. This plan worked well for approximately 3 minutes. I was joined instantly by a group of enthusiastic young artist who both worked independently and collaborated with me on a number of pieces. Below are a few shots I managed to fire off amidst the organised chaos! A fantastic day and more to come tomorrow....

Posca pen collaboration, iPad painting and Etch-a-Sketch

Collaboration in progress

The start of another collaboration

Posca and Acrylic

Collaboration on Cardboard in progress

Last Day at Rowley Lane

And so today saw the end of a great project at Rowley Lane School, working with two wonderful Year 3 classes... we have been on quite a journey, from continuous line drawings, to collaborative mirror drawing, to negative space, whole class collaboration and large scale cardboard works! Also following a teacher twilight session it seems as though the whole school have explored many of the themes that I introduced! I am very happy. Great kids, great staff, great school, wonderful project!

Reinwood Junior School - Transitions

Here are a few images from a great drawing and iPad painting project with Year 6 pupils at Reinwood Junior School in Huddersfield. We started by exploring image-making and mark-making on paper, to create images of self, followed by a full day of iPad painting. We were looking at self portraits now, and portraits of an imagined self in the future.... Amazing work!!

Portraits: Now and Then

Portraits: Now and Then

Portrait examples

Paper to iPad

Rowley Lane Day Three

Here are a few images from my third day with 60 year 3 children at Rowley Lane. A day of painting and poscas on A1 cardboard. Great focus from the children and great results - more next week!! FL

 

 

Rowley Lane Day Two

Another great day at Rowley Lane working with 64 Y3 children to continue this drawing based project. We started once more with drawing exercises, group working and collaborative drawing, and them moved on to look at monochrome mark-making and painting on cardboard with acrylics and Posca pens!

Mirror Drawing With Two Hands

A Selection of Mirror Drawings

Line and Wah Work

Acrylic Painting

A Selection of the Complete Cardboard Paintings

Drawing at Rowley Lane

Great first day of a four day project with Rowley Lane School, drawing, drawing and more drawing, with 64 children, followed by a great staff session after school! Continuous line, mirror drawing, tonal wash, whole class collaboration, amazing! More tomorrow!!

Collaborative Drawing

Staff Collaborations

Whole class collaboration

Crowlees Photography Project

Here is the final Photographic Montage Print comprising of images captured and processed on mobile devices by Year 5 children at Crowlees CofE J&I School. It has been printed using a giclée archival printing process and has been framed and will soon be hanging proudly in the school. Congratulations to everyone who worked with on this project - the final piece looks fantastic!