The children started of researching the artist and exploring her art work by finding out facts about her life. They were given the task of justifying what they liked about her art work and what they didn’t like so much; the children understood the importance of giving their honest opinions and reasoning and we explored the technical vocabulary that they could have used to support them in this.  The children had a fantastic time putting together their ideas into their art books in a style that suited them.

During the next lesson, the children were given the opportunity to get creative and make their own piece of art that was inspired by Barbara Hepworth using the medium: clay. They started off with recapping how to create different shapes using the clay how to join the shapes they made together by scoring the clay using the tools that were provided.

The children thoroughly enjoyed creating their fantastic pieces of art work and Miss Tyrrell and Miss Garvey was so proud of all the work that was produced. Please look HERE at our wonderful sculptures that we made in class.