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Category: Art

Elisabeth reviews the St Ives art trip

23rd September 2024

Elisabeth in Middle Fifth recently went on the annual St Ives trip with the art department. Here’s her summary outlining what they got up to: Early on a Friday morning,…

Senior artist of the moment – Malakai from Fourth Form

7th June 2024

Our Artist of the moment is Malakai in the Fourth Form. This is a two colour collagraph print inspired by photographs taken on a nature walk as part of the…

Pre-Prep try out the art press!

7th June 2024

The Senior School art department were delighted to have Year 2 pupils from Exeter Pre-Prep visit for a printmaking workshop on Thursday 6 June. Inspired by our British seashores and…

Clay chameleons from Form One

29th May 2024

Our Form Ones have been linking their learning about the rainforest in Geography to the art room! After studying the colours, shapes, and textures of the rainforest chameleon, they carefully…

Graffiti workshop with Ramona Eve Bigwood

23rd May 2024

Over 50 pupils took part in the graffiti workshop led by Romona on Wednesday 15 May. Pupils from the Art Scholarship Programme, Young Artists Collective and other high achieving pupils…

Upper Two screen printing workshop

21st May 2024

The Upper Two art monitors were treated to a creative workshop, where they were inspired by Matisse. Mrs Rafferty-White introduced flowing shapes and colours which inspired the children to create…

Junior school art project good enough to eat

6th March 2024

  Upper Two pupils have been exploring the Pop Art era for their spring term art topic. They were introduced to a number of different images from artists like Andy…

Senior Artist of the moment

9th February 2024

The art department regularly recognises the achievements of individual pupils in the senior school through the award of the title, ‘Artist of the Moment’. Entries cover a wide range of…

Art club – Panda drawing

25th January 2024

Our Form One art club loved creating these chalk pastel panda pictures, we think they are very cute!

Big Draw 2023

27th November 2023

Staff, pupils past and present, came together on Monday 20 November to celebrate the creativity in our school community. This year’s Big Draw theme was ‘Drawing with the senses’ and…