Paris in the spring time!

Bonjour!
We've just come back from Paris where we had an awesome time in the sunshine exploring the city and all the Art it has to offer.
I want to say a big thank you to our lovely students first and second years and to the lovely fashion folk for being so well behaved and interested-go you guys!
Here's a sneak peek of what we saw, enjoy!

Pere Lachaise cemetary

Monet's garden at Giverny was stunning and a scorcher of a day!

The Eifle Tower of course!

The gardens at Versaille-wowzers

The Louvre

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Exploring 3D

Some of our first years are doing a 3D unit at the minute, so they're exploring glass, wood and clay, here are some examples of their clay work.

Exploring paint and painting

Some of the first years are doing a painting unit and they have been exploring using all different paints and techniques, from oil paint to painting to music, here are some examples of what they've been producing. I think it's pretty great!

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