First year sketchbooks

These are some pages from our first years sketchbooks so you can see the kind of back up work that goes alongside their final pieces.

First years working hard!

Our first years are nearing their first assessment and this is them busying away in the studio adding the finishing touches to their work.

Making a Bristol inspired dress, with bamboo and photos

Graffiti style painting on the studio wall

All the work is from a project based on 'The City' and the students interpretations of their experiences in and around Bristol

2nd Year Cardboard workshop

Some work in progress from the second year cardboard workshop...

1st Years 'walk' paintings

A couple of weeks ago when the sun was still shinning we took our first years for a walk around the docks, they had to sketch and photograph and record as much as they could whilst they enjoyed the views and sunshine and bacon butties! On their return to college they had to make a piece of work based on their journey, what they had seen and experienced. The outcomes are really excellent, they've done a brilliant job of conjuring up the sunny bristolian day by the water.

2nd Year Painting without a brush workshop

There were some excellent outcomes to last weeks workshop which was painting without a brush, quite a hard challenge which our second years rose to with gusto! Blowing paint, splashing paint, squirting paint, smearing paint and dabbing paint were all techniques that were explored. Our corridors are now proudly displaying the work...check it out...

Hayley created this beautiful image using acrylic paint and the wrong end of a paintbrush to make those lovely textured marks

Georgia painted this bright image of her brothers using a palett knife and acrylic paint

Charlotte made this painting using her fingers and acrylic paint

Nikki made this painting using a variety of tools and media including glue and her fingers

Ashleys blue portrait was done entirely with a palett knife and acrylic paint

Adrianne's skull was painted using oil paint and a palett knife

Elliots painting was made by scratching into the surface of the paint after being applied with a palett knife

Jenny's painting was made using her fingers and running ink

2nd Year fashion workshop

The first project facing our returning second years is 6 weeks of week long workshops based on the human form, with a different materials specialism each week. The first week was fashion from scrap/rubbish, check out their excellent outcomes:

Ashley made a jaunty waistcoat out of crisp packets

Kasia made a lovely tassely top out of an old vest and white paper

Victoria made a peacock inspired corset from scrap fabrics, plastic fencing scraps and paper

Charlotte made this over sized statement piece necklace using scrap papers and plastics and old coke cans

Callum made this hood from old lenses and a paper bag

Angel made his matter hatter top hat from tubes, cardboard, nails, wire and anything else he could find!

Jake made his oversized angel wing inspired shoulder pieces from cardboard and silver discs

Hayley made her dress from nicorette chewing gum packets and nicorette chewing gum!

Misty made a set of pom pom accessories, including this fab ring

Well done Laura!

Congratulations to artist Laura Cramer who raised £5,500 at the Wow Gorilla auction last night. The Gorilla that she painted, 'Bradisson' was outside the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bristol city centre and our students went to visit her whilst she was working on him. All the gorillas were sold in aid of Bristol Zoo's gorilla conservation project and Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal for Bristol Children's Hospital for special cardiac care.

How many ways do i know you?

Look what we've been up to today!

Some excellent work by our new first years, a brilliant start to the course, well done gang!

                 The corridor, big group posters.

         A visual expression of everyones first few days at College Green.

Welcome!

Just wanted to say a hello to all our new first years, we'll see you on Monday at 9.30am in the main studio.

Keep your eyes peeled on here to see what the new students have been up to in their first week......

Happy Summer everyone!

So we've done all we can this year, all ends are tied up and we're off to enjoy our summer holidays!
Good luck to all our old second years wherever they may be going.

And we're looking forward to meeting all you new first years, see you in September guys!

Some more show pics!

Amelia's floral paintings and hand made screen printed cushion

Theo's fleshy oil paintings

Kaya's Geisha inspired parasol and fashion illustrations

Chloe's big floral paintings with edible flowers!

Chanelle's big is beautiful photography project

Tash's Chinese tea set

Namir's 50's inspired photography wall

Oly's geometric patterns, screen prints and 3D sculpture

Becca's illustrated childrens book The Red Balloon, hopefully coming to a shop near you soon!

Tommy's Mystery Geisha project, sprayed and painted fashion illustrations.

Charmaine S's child V's adult inspired paintings

Fin's cheeky signage

Alex's exploration into all forms of mushroom, teabags, jewellery and cast.

Lottie's day of the dead inspired models and pom poms!

Nichole's beautiful illustrations and decorated board