This video I have made shows you the different tools available on Pic Monkey. You will be able to make several versions of the same picture very quickly. Screen shot as you go so that you have a number images. Make notes of the tools you are using to annotate your photos.
Thursday, 9 November 2017
Monday, 23 October 2017
Y10 Catch up
If you haven't completed your homework from last half term - then now is the time to catch up!
1. A3 artists page on Len Tabner
2. A3 mood board about The Sea
3. A3 page about the Quay Arts Trip
4. Set of 20 photographs about The Sea
5. Challenge - create an artwork which is inspired by the Quay exhibition.
You might like to create a wordle for your mind map or mood board using wordle.net (use safari)

Take a look at the word associations website - great place for your mind map and mood boards
1. A3 artists page on Len Tabner
2. A3 mood board about The Sea
3. A3 page about the Quay Arts Trip
4. Set of 20 photographs about The Sea
5. Challenge - create an artwork which is inspired by the Quay exhibition.
You might like to create a wordle for your mind map or mood board using wordle.net (use safari)

Take a look at the word associations website - great place for your mind map and mood boards
Y9 Half term Homework


Use the artist research page and how to analyse sheet to help with your artist research pages.
Here are 9 artists who have re-imagined Alice. This set of artists
See the 15 artists who took part in the “Curiouser and Curiouser”Exhibition
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Y10 Half term Homework an Inspiration


Left to right Noriko Kuresumi, Shayna Leib, Denise Romecki and Ben Young.
You are free to find your own artist if you prefer. Your A3ish response can be in any material including textile, sculpture, print, paint, mixed media, collage or photographic.
You are also expected to complete all the work from this term including the homework assignments.
Artist research page about Len Tabner, A3 mood board about the Sea, A3 page about the exhibition 'I must down to the Sea' and a set of 20 photos of the sea.
Challenge was to create a piece of artwork that was inspired by the exhibition.
Friday, 22 September 2017
How to Analyse...
1. Basic Information
The
name of the artist
What
country are they from? (This is
important as it puts the work into context)
The
name and date of the series that you are interested in.
The
name and date of any images you choose from the series to analyse.
Research
and explain what the artist’s intentions are.
What concept, message or meaning
did the artist want to communicate or explore?
2. Visual Qualities
What
do you like about the image?
What
is the image of?
What
is the main focus?
Can
you write about any formal elements?
Line, Colour,
Shape, Form, Texture, Pattern, Tone…
How
has the artist achieved the meaning/concept or message?
What
composition style have they used?
Leading lines, golden section, the rule of thirds…
How
have they used the lighting in the image?
If
they have used people s can you read any body language or facial expression?
3. Camera Settings (Photography)
What
shutter speed do you think they have use?
What
ISO do you think they have used?
Discuss
the aperture settings used?
Shallow/long
depth of field
Where
have they focused?
4. Relate to your own work
This
is VERY important so do not leave it out! By answering these questions you will
be explaining to the examiner just how you intend to use this investigation
work to inspire your own work.
How
will
you be influenced by this artist?
What
techniques,
concepts or visual effects are you most inspired by?
How will
you take this influence and use it in your work?
Monday, 18 September 2017
Wednesday, 13 September 2017
Y10 Len Tabner Seascapes Homework
Len Tabner was born
in South Bank on the River Tees near Middlesbrough. His father had been a
merchant seaman and Tabner remains fascinated by the grim grandeur of the
industrial northeast. He lives a few hundred yards from the highest cliffs in
England, at 650 feet above the sea, and near the potash mine in Boulby—the
deepest mine in Europe.
It is a landscape
of extremes and frequently of violent weather, but Tabner is not an artist to
stay huddled indoors in his studio. He is to be found on the beach with his
easel weighted down against the wind or, like Turner, on board ship in the
middle of a gale. His is an elemental art, visionary in its scope. Due to these
conditions, his paintings are produced with a sense of great urgency, with a
rich variety of materials combining and competing on the surface of the paper.
It is a question of evocation rather than description, although the paintings
are definitely rooted in specific locales.
Despite working
from the Falkland Islands to Japan, Tabner demonstrates that we can understand
the whole by knowing one small spot extremely well. His home territory has been
transformed in his lifetime - enabling him to chart the death of mines and
shipyards and record the birth and heyday of North Sea power.
Tabner tries to capture the feeling, the essence, the experience of the landscape
Monday, 21 August 2017
Giacometti at the Tate Modern
Giacometti is on show until September 10th at the Tate Modern for any of you able to go to London over the holiday. Take a look at this link of Eight things to Know about Alberto Giacometti
Sunday, 18 June 2017
Art Exam
For the art exam you should take a series of photographs these can be inspired by the artists that you are studying, pay careful attention to the background and how you light the still life. You should also complete at least one artist study with a response which can be A5 in size.
Young Designers Award
The brief for this year's award was to design an innovative new way of transporting people from the top of Shanklin cliff to the beach as an alternative to the lift. Our students came up with some very imaginative ideas and made it very tricky for the judges.. This is the third successful year that The Island Free School has entered the Young Designer Award which was organised by the IOW branch of RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects).
| Students from all across the island took part in the competition. |
| Taylor beside her winning entry in the 13-18 age gronp |
| Cliff Trio by Taylor M |
The six Island Free School Winners.
Age 11-12 Years
1st Place - Ellie R - The Triple Towers
3rd Place - Fauve H P - The Lounge-A-Rounger
Commendation - Gracie B - Love Coffee
Commendation - Katie M S - Shanklin Butterfly Lift
3rd Place - Fauve H P - The Lounge-A-Rounger
Commendation - Gracie B - Love Coffee
Commendation - Katie M S - Shanklin Butterfly Lift
Age 13-18 Years
1st Place - Taylor M - Cliff Trio
3rd Place - Harrison B - Shanklin Typhoon
3rd Place - Harrison B - Shanklin Typhoon
Sunday, 4 June 2017
STYLE OF WIGHT PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION - COAST
STYLE OF WIGHT PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION - COAST
WINNERS PRIZE:
- If you win, your photography will be featured in the pages of the Island’s most successful lifestyle magazine (Style of Wight).
- Have your work displayed at the Quay Arts Centre.
- A voucher for £100 to spend at the Island Photographic Centre.
- And you will be a part of our annual exhibition.
- If you win, your photography will be featured in the pages of the Island’s most successful lifestyle magazine (Style of Wight).
- Have your work displayed at the Quay Arts Centre.
- A voucher for £100 to spend at the Island Photographic Centre.
- And you will be a part of our annual exhibition.
HOW TO ENTER:
To enter send your images by email to office@styleofwight.co.uk Please title the email clearly with the competition name (COAST), and include your full name, address and contact telephone number. For each bi-monthly competition you can enter up to three images, these must be supplied as print quality, high resolution files.
To enter send your images by email to office@styleofwight.co.uk Please title the email clearly with the competition name (COAST), and include your full name, address and contact telephone number. For each bi-monthly competition you can enter up to three images, these must be supplied as print quality, high resolution files.
(DEADLINE FRIDAY 23RD OF JUNE PLEASE)
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