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Geni Ream led the two sessions at the village school in Christchurch. Over fifty children took part in making wall displays depicting brightly coloured fish and other sea creatures. Some beautiful sea horses were made using a mosaic of shiny papers. The whole selection of works were arranged on two backdrops and hung in the school hall. The Headteacher said, 'The children enjoyed working with, and meeting,
local artists. It has been good to give art a high profile this week.
It's made it into an event rather than just another area of the curriculum. |
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David Lewis ran the two workshops for the Collective. Working with very young children he developed an idea in a very simple, structured way using a variety of mediums; pencil, crayon, paint. This was combined with looking at, and experimenting with, lines and shapes. The work was developed many times over in 'rough' with the children trying out various ideas for themselves. The finished pictures were spectacular. Fish in a variety of shapes and sizes and all full of colour. The second workshop was similar in structure but with slightly older children. They experimented with drawing shapes, big freehand sketches, and then moved onto working with inks of differing dilutions with reed pens which David had made from reeds collected from local Fenland dykes.The children were fascinated and excited with the pen and wash work and their endeavours resulted in a splendid display of fish all produced in different shades of blue and black. The school said, 'I have never know four year old children concentrate
so well, so long. I've seen a different side to some of them. Totally
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David Lewis worked for the Collective in Gorefield School reprising
his excellent workshops (see above). Each fish which makes up the displays
below are produced on A3 cartridge paper. It makes for a very large
and magnificent display. Over fifty children took part. |
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Art in Schools was funded by the Local Network Fund. |
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