1st yr Tonal Drawing Example

Calligraphy

1st year are beginning to learn the art of calligraphy. Above is the font roundhand which they will begin to learn, Below is a link to a video on how to set up your page, lines and basic letters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3phzKsXpko8

1st Year Art Competition

Ms. Keogh's 1st Year Art class have entered a local art competition run by the northside education support network. The task was to create an image based on the theme of Easter or 1916. The entries look great girls, well done, and fingers crossed we have a winner in there somewhere!!!

1st year Sgraffito

Sgraffito (in Italian "to scratch") is a decorating pottery technique produced by applying layers of color or colors (underglazes or colored slips) to leather hard pottery and then scratching off parts of the layer(s) to create contrasting images, patterns and texture and reveal the clay color underneath.

Walking Through Leaves

1st year Monoprinting

1st year Marbelling

Before the Mid Term break the 1st year class did some Marbelling. Below is a video on how to do Marbelling and some examples of the students work.

https://www.facebook.com/artFido/videos/771874292904134/

Ms. Keogh's First Year Optical Art Mixed Media Compositions

After studying the work of Bridget Riley and doing a block on colour theory, all first years were assigned a pair of complimentary colours. They each created their own optical art composition by sketching up the composition step by step; using a mixture of poster paints and their tints; and colouring pencils with shading to create 3D form to their shapes. Overall they all managed to create vivid and bold optical illusion compositions.

1st year Watercolour Painting