The boys enjoyed making bugs!
Family fun drawing together
The final SMAS of this academic year was quieter than usual, but the 34 children and 11 adults who attended the workshops appreciated the intimate atmosphere.
Artists Alison Cockcroft made 3D wire insects with her group and Kim Hill taught Matisse collage to her group who learned to ‘draw with scissors’. Meanwhile Karen Bunting, an art teacher at the school, produced sketchbooks with her group who learned how to blend dies and use emulsion paint. Another art teacher, Andrea Dryland, led a Year 10 GCSE extension group in developing the gum Arabic technique of printing.
Textiles teacher, Sue Cumner, ran a lace-making workshop with a group of adults, who produced a ‘snake’ bookmark and proclaimed that it was a ‘very relaxing atmosphere, good switch off from everything else. I have learned something new that I want to develop further.’
