Issue 3

Wellington Academy Visual Artss

Megan Halden- Yr 12 Digital Photography - Macro

Miss Smith

A warm welcome to the third issue of ‘Wavazine’ the Visual Arts magazine from the Wellington Academy. In this issue our feature story is ‘Digital Photography’. A relatively new curriculum offering which is proving a popular choice for students at GCSE, and students at AS/A’Level.

Miss Westwood - Visual Arts TechnicianChristmas is nearly upon us! It is a great time of the year to get creative with your children, decorations, cards and crackers to make, and it’s a great way to save some pennies and add your own personal touch! Click here for an easy 3D Snowflake pattern that is really cheap to make but looks great! Enjoy the holidays!

Mr Greenwood - Director of Visual Arts

With the Christmas break upon us, and as I reflect on the last two terms of this academic year I’d like to wish all students a very ‘Merry Christmas’ and a well deserved break. Highlights of the previous two terms are many and varied, but what stands out for me as Director of the Visual Arts department is the level and standard of effort, dedication and passion frequently shown by many students that study one or more of our Visual Arts courses. Outcomes of this hard work is available for all to see within the academy, on the walls and in the corridors, and I’ve been over whelmed with posi-tive comments and feedback about the hung work on display. Looking ahead into 2K12, it would be wonderful to display many more ‘new’ works of art (in all its forms: Art, Textiles, Photography, Sculpture) created by our students.Keep up the great work!

Miss Biddiss - Art TeacherI have been so impressed by some of the artwork already produced so far this year! A number of students also produce artwork in their own time, and it’s always great when the work is brought in for us all to see. We really do have some very artistic students whose work is of a very high standard. I am currently developing my printmaking skills, and have recently done some silkscreen, etching and lino printing for a project I am working on linked to the theme of urbanisation. Year 7 will also be getting a taster of printmaking this term as part of their Mondrian project. Well done to you all for the great start you’ve made so far!

Miss Smith - Art TeacherAfter a relaxing break over the summer holidays in my hometown of Cardiff, catching up with friends and family, it’s great to be back in the swing of things at the Academy. I am now looking forward to the festive season ahead, exploring independent Christmas markets for unique arts and crafts and drinking plenty of hot chocolate with marshmallows. Delicious! Over the past two terms the textiles department has flourished and it’s great to see the pupils working extremely hard, pushing their materials and processes to create some highly innovative textile artwork. I would like to wish my Year 11 Nouveau textile students ‘Good Luck’ as they are currently in the process of undergoing their mock exams. Keep up the enthusiasm and hard work!! Wishing all the students and their families, a very merry ‘Nadolig LLawen’! Happy holidays!

Welcome

Mrs Wooler - Art Teacher

I had a wonderful holiday, spending lots of time outdoors and enjoyed visiting friends and art galleries both here in the UK and across in France and Spain. I am really pleased to come back to the Academy for a new year and extremely excited to already be seeing some fantastic work being created. Students are getting involved in art competitions and at art clinic giving them selves plenty of opportunity to develop their skills and enjoyment in the subject, which is really exciting to see. Myself, Miss Smith and Miss Wright took part in a 10k marine challenge recently – it was a very muddy event!

Miss Tucker - Art TeacherI have really enjoyed my first term at the Wellington Academy and it has been great to see the students refine their artistic skills and develop new ones. After studying a BA(Hons) Photography at University in Surrey, it is a pleasure to be sharing my knowledge and teaching students about the inspiring subject. I like to travel and spent several months photographing around Italy and have begun learning the language. I also spent a fun summer in America with my family. Whenever I have any free time I love to read, run and swim!

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Fauves (Year 7)

CurriculumA key change to our Visual Arts curriculum, was the renaming of the year groups to Artistic movements. The choice of each Art movement goes some way to reflect the content students will be studying that year.

Fauvism is the style of les Fauves (French for “the wild beasts”), a short-lived and loose group of early twentieth-century Modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong colour over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism. While Fauvism as a style began around 1900 and continued beyond 1910, the movement as such lasted only a few years, 1904–1908, and had three exhibitions. The leaders of the movement were Henri Matisse and André Derain.

The Fauves (Year 7) Art and Design students have been investigating and learning about Advanced Colour Theory. Last term they gained experience in the use of colour and developed skills and understanding of how colour is used and its effects within Art. The students created their own secondary and tertiary colours and produced a series of colour studies to understand how to use colour attentively. They also completed a test on the subject, which helped them embed their knowledge and skills, as well as creating a painting using Advanced Colour Theory efficiently, where the students could select their own subject from a range of choices.

This term the students are learning about Abstraction. They have been further developing their understanding of colour theory from their last project and learning about some of the abstract techniques used by Piet Mondrian, who is regarded as the ‘father of abstraction’. A series of differ-ent tasks have enabled the students to develop their hand/eye co-ordination and practise skills including; line, tone, shading and effective application of paint. Alongside this, they have also had an introduction to printmaking to expand their understanding of colour theory beyond painting. The final outcome for this term is an A5 print, based on the students’ own development studies and work, in the style of Piet Mondrian.

To give all of the Fauves the opportunity to learn different ways of creating and designing, a rotation system has been introduced this year. All students will have four terms in the Visual Arts department and two terms in Food and Nutrition. During their four terms in Visual Arts, the students will have three lessons a fortnight, with two lessons being Art. The third lesson will rotate between iArt and Textiles, which will have two terms each. In iArt the students will create an ePortfolio, where they showcase examples of their artwork through a blog and learn about digital art. In textiles they will undertake a five task project on the theme of ‘African culture’, where they will produce a piece of Batik artwork.

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Surrealists (Year 8)Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members.Surrealist works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur; however, many Surrealist artists and writers regard their work as an expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost, with the works being an artefact. Leader André Breton was explicit in his assertion that Surrealism was above all a revolutionary movement.

As we approach Christmas, year 8, students have built up a range of skills within their art lessons. They have looked at colour, and at the relationship between music and art are currently developing an understanding of the work of other artists.

The Surrealists have recently completed their final outcome on their current project, ‘Response to Music’.

Students explored the connection between feelings and emotions and the notion of self expression in art.

Mainly focussing on the work of Kandinsky, who himself was deeply inspired by music, the pupils have experimented with colour, line and shape whilst listening to music.

This project has culminated with an A3 (size) expressive abstract watercolour painting, as seen above.

In their current project, the Surrealists are taking these learnt skills and developing them within a research project on an independently chosen artist. The artist can be from any point in history and using any material. Each student has chosen an artist they are inspired by and have begun their research into who they are, what they do, what their influences are/were etc.

Students will recreate a copy of thier artists work to gain further understanding of the style, with the final outcome being a piece of work they have designed, but in the style of their artist - keep an eye out for the next WAVAZINE to see the results.

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Bauhaus ( Year 9, 10, 11 - BTEC)Bauhaus, was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicised and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. At that time the German term Bauhaus, literally “house of construction” The Bauhaus school was founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar. It was founded with the idea of creating a ‘total’ work of art in which all arts, including architecture would eventually be brought together. The Bauhaus had a profound influ-ence upon subsequent developments in art, architecture, graphic design, interior design, industrial design, and typography.

The Year 9 students have begun the BTEC level 2 course with much enthusiasm and are developing some great work in their new sketchbooks that show different aspects to their personalities. These students are exploring illustration in a variety of medias, they will be creating an illustrated letter explaining what their favourite things are.

In year 10, our BTEC students are looking at the vast job opportunities there are within the Art & Department industry. They have designed a gadget that they would like to have as part of their day-to-day lives and have created design drawings and an advert to promote it. Soon students will be moving on to a

sculpture project where they will be looking at the work of Claes Oldenburg with the aim to create a large-scale 3D model.

Our year 12 BTEC students have begun this year by exploring the variety styles of POP art. POP art was an influential and prominent movement from the late 1950’s. Students have experimented with collage, print and paint to create some fun and independent responses to the artists they have looked at. The development of this project will lead the students to apply their skills to a final outcome using a style that they like.

Sophie Thackwell

Adam Ghafry - Umbehr

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Bradley Botha

Daniel Catterick

Brit-Art Yr 13 AS/A’LevelYoung British Artists or YBAs (also referred to as Brit artists and Britart) is the name given to a loose group of visual artists who first began to exhibit together in London, in 1988. Many of the artists graduated from the BA Fine Art course at Goldsmiths, in the late 1980s.The scene began around a series of artist-led exhibitions held in warehouses and factories. They are noted for “shock tactics”, use of throwaway materials, wild-living, and an attitude “both oppositional and entrepreneurial.”They achieved considerable media coverage and dominated British art during the 1990s—international survey shows in the mid-1990s included Brilliant! and Sensation.

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This edition we are profiling some of our Year 13 students, and their relationship to the subject;

Ella Louise BaldwinHow separate are you from your art? “ I love art. Sometimes the only reason I come into school is to do art.”

What have you taken/learned from an-other artist lately? “ I like the artist Albrecht Durer, because of the dark backgrounds set against the light tones of his portraits.”

What are you trying to do/for people with your art? “ I just want people to enjoy looking at my paintings and not to try and figure out some deeper hidden meaning, just enjoy them..”

Must art have a relationship to the rest of the world? “ Art does have a relationship with the rest of the world because artists exist in every country all over the world.”

What is your favourite material/medium to use? “I find it easier to use acrylic because it’s the one I’ve been using longest.”

Who is your favourite artist and why? “ Da Vinci because he wasn’t just an amazing artist he was also a mathematician, sculptor,builder,inventor and just seemed like a genius!”

Which project/assignment did you enjoy the most during your time on the course? “I liked the very first project, Human Form, because the human body is unique and always changing. This keeps the subject interesting.”

Why did you decide to study a Visual arts course at A’ level? “ My papa, being a practising art-ist has always been an inspiration to me and provided encouragement.”

What advice would you give students considering choosing a Visual Arts course at A’Level? “It’s a really enjoyable course if you like art.”

What next? Where do you intend to go/What do you intend to do, post A’levels? “ I plan to go to Winchester University to do the Ba (hons) Fine Art Course.”

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Ella Louise Baldwin - The Joker

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Kanchan Limbu

How separate are you from your art? “ Art is something I enjoy, something that helps me feel better..”

What have you taken/learned from another artist lately? “ You don’t have to be a perfectionist to be an artist.”

What are you trying to do/for people with your art? “ Give them something to see..”

Must art have a relationship to the rest of the world? “ Art itself has a relationship to the rest of the world be-cause of peoples opinions on art.”

What is your favourite material/medium to use? “I like acrylic paints and pencil the most.”

Who is your favourite artist and why? “ Van Gogh because of his passion for art; the fact that he didn’t give up art even though he only sold one painting in his whole life, and he created more than 500 paintings in his life”

Which project/assignment did you enjoy the most during your time on the course? “ Personal Investigation.”

Why did you decide to study a Visual arts course at A’ level? “ To learn more about art because I enjoy it.”

What advice would you give students considering choosing a Visual Arts course at A’Level? “Try not to overcomplicate things and enjoy it.”

What next? Where do you intend to go/What do you intend to do, post A’levels? “ I want to be a nurse but I will still keep art in my life”

Britart AS/A’Level Fine Art

Kanchan Limbu - Untitled

Kanchan Limbu - Personal Invesitgation

Britart AS/A’Level Fine Art

Teri Malone

How separate are you from your art? “ Assuming you mean on a mental/emotional level, I’m pretty detached, if I’m honest. I enjoy theorising on possible outcomes to the point of exhaustion so by the time I start creating something, most of my enthusiasm is gone. In other words pretty damn seper-ate.”

What have you taken/learned from another artist lately? “ In general , I’m learning the value of patience, and not rushing into anything.”

What are you trying to do/for people with your art? “ I just enjoy it; so long as others do too, then I suppose that’s enough?.”

Must art have a relationship to the rest of the world? “ In terms of simple appreciation, no.”

What is your favourite material/medium to use? “Mechanical pencil sketch - fineliner / artliner. Watercolour inks and nib pens. Copic Mark-ers.”

Who is your favourite artist and why? “ James Jean, without a doubt, because of his versitilit:y; comic artist , painter and pretty much everything in between, yet he is talented in everything he does.”

Which project/assignment did you enjoy the most during your time on the course? “The current project, personal investigation. No limitations.”

Why did you decide to study a Visual arts course at A’ level? “ Because I missed studying art, for the simple reason of enjoying it”

What advice would you give students considering choosing a Visual Arts course at A’Level? “ Be prepared to work a lot harder; and appreciate deadlines, unlike me!”

What next? Where do you intend to go/What do you in-tend to do, post A’levels? “ I’m applying for Law Courses, focussing on Newcastle university. I’m also interested in a career in Video Game design and Animation,though.””

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Malone - Pencil Portrait

Teri Malone - Illustration

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COMPETITION!Can you spot the difference?

There is one difference to ‘spot’ in the photographs above, look carefully to see if you can find it!

Circle your answer down with your name and your form and hand it in to a member of the art depart-ment. The answer will be revealed in the next edition of the WAVAZINE.

These images were altered on Photoshop, can you de-sign your own ‘spot the difference’. We’d love to see what you can come up with!

Teri

Malone - Pencil Portrait

Photography by Adam Ghafry - Yr 12 Digital Photography - Macro

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A level Photography is one of the newest courses to be made available to A level students at the Wellington Academy. It aims to develop students’ technical and contextual abilities within the realms of Photography, as well as encourage creative and expressive ideas. It is proving a very popular and exciting course for those studying it.

The AS students have been working with the theme of ‘nature’ for the first term and have already been able to utilise their developed skills and abilities. These do not only include how to successfully use a camera or manipulate images, but how to consider and read different aspects of a photo, such as; its meaning and the importance of composition. The students have also enjoyed lessons studying the theory behind Macro photography and discussed its importance and relevance to their own nature project. Students have also had skills based lessons in which they have been learning about the functions of the camera and how different components work. All of this has led the students to use their technical knowledge and enhanced conceptual thought to create imaginative and impressive images using objects from nature as their focal point. Students have been using Photoshop to edit and enhance their images in order to produce high quality Macro images of their own.

The A Level Photography course received an extremely positive response from the recent open evening and certainly appears to be a subject that intrigues and appeals to students’ inquisitive, imaginative and creative sides. The course is anticipating a lot of interest and requests to join. It is expecting to grow significantly over the next year and some promising GCSE Photography students, currently studying an Expressive Portraiture project, hope to be first in line to start. They hope to continue their study of Photography and through the A Level course, discover even more advanced theory and practical elements whilst developing their personal photographic practices.

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Holly Owen - Darwell

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This term the A Level students will continue to focus their creative minds on the theme of ‘Textures’. They are further developing their practical skills and have been encouraged to expand on their own ideas and work. They will be working again with Macro photography, but this timeconsidering other practical elements, such as; angle and viewpoint, to create some abstract and inventive images. Students have been critically

studying and analysing the work of accomplished Photographers, including; Irving Penn and Jerry Uelsmann as a basis of inspiration to explore creating a surreal landscape from their images. They will be given the chance to let their imaginations run wild and successfully use the camera to interpret their ideas through the medium of Photography. It will be an exciting term ahead for the A LevelPhotography students.

Miss K Tucker. Photography Teacher.

Ronni Murray - Darwell

Megan Halden - Darwell

Adam Pilkington - Darwell

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WAVA in the Community - Art ClubWAVA joins the ‘World Famous’ Pewsey Carnival:

Our Wellington Academy students’ creative talents were called upon in September when we received an invitation to come up with a design for one of the Pewsey Carnival floats. The brief was simple: design a logo for the front of the “One Vision” float which is owned by Pewsey Radiovision. The challenge was taken on by several KS3 students who attend art club, and the entries were shown before the float owner for judging.

“The winning design was chosen because of its simple, but imaginative approach.”

- Kevin Wiggins (Pewsey Radio Vision).

The winning design was created by Emily Kinchlea in Year 7. Her unique design idea was digitally re-mastered and enlarged to fit on the front of the float for all to see, and is an excellent example of how an idea can be transformed into reality. Congratulations to Emily! Well done!!

Many thanks to Hobbycraft in Basingstoke for their generous donation of gift vouchers which students received during assemblies at the end of last year. The lucky winners were chosen from a bank of names which had been put forward by their teachers for having won a high number of points on our “positive points” reward scheme.

Hobbycraft offers craft supplies, art materials and inspiration for over 250 different Arts and Crafts activities. For further details, why not visit their website: http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/

Featured below is the winning entry from yet another competition, in which art club members created images based on viewpoints in our fabu-lous new building. Tasia Mitchell was the winner of this competition and she earned the honour of having her drawing framed and displayed in the headmasters office.

Newcomers are always welcome at Art Club, where design work and entry to competitions are encouraged. We have so many talented artists at the Academy, so do come along if you would like to get involved. We meet on Wednesdays 3.15-4.15pm in room 1-41.

Emily Kinchlea & Mr Greenwood - With her winning design for a

Pewsey Carnival Float.

Tasia Mitchell with Mrs Heath, Exectutive Assistant to Mr Schofield and her framed work. Tasia Mitchell - View of the new building Tasia Mitchell &

Mr Greenwood

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CompetitionsHere in the Visual Arts department at The Wellington Academy, our aim is to inspire you to produce art in a variety of mediums to the best standard that you are capable. Within the classroom setting you are shown a range of techniques and skills to help you develop your ideas. If you enjoy being creative and like to use your creativity and imagination out of lessons as well, there are many opportunities available for you.

Currently running nationwide are a number of competitions, some with the opportunity to win ‘money’, some with the chance to have your design printed on a sketchbook cover and others with the opportunity to have your work displayed online and in one of the most prestigious galleries in the world!!

Read on and see which competitions appeal to you. You can enter as many as you like, some even have fortnightly or monthly chances to enter.

Check out the posters and websites for details, here is a summary of each competition:

• Pink Pig – Design a sketchbook cover – www.yourpiglet.co.uk - winner every 2 months, with their design printed on sketchbook covers and a prize of £300

• Face Britain – Produce a self portrait – www.facebritain.org.uk - upload online until March 2012 – entries will be part of a collaborative art work with the aim to make a Guinness World Record!

• Veolia Wildlife photographer of the Year – http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibi-tions/wpy-entry/index.jsp - Worldwide competition with fantastic prizes! Share of £30,000! Free entry for young entrants. Visit the website for more information.

• Look and Learn – Monthly themed art competitions - http://art.lookandlearn.com/competition.php - cash prizes every month – all entries go into a permanent online gallery

• Saatchi – http://saatchigallery.co.uk/portfolio/ - ask you art teacher for more details – first prize £10,000 plus the opportunity to have your work displayed in The Saatchi Gallery!

This work can be done at home, digitally, 3D, collage, paint, pencil…You can work on it at home, during lunch or afterschool.

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Textiles

New Designers Now in its 26th year, New Designers is unrivalled in Europe in bringing together such a broad cross-section of fresh, new design talent under one roof. Every July, over 3,500 newly graduated designers, representing the top 200 UK design courses, come together at New Designers to meet industry employers, media, trend predictors and a design hungry public. Zap the QR code (right) or use the short URL

Photography

The Photgraphers GalleryThe Photographer’s Gallery, London. - The Photographers’ Gallery is the largest public gallery in London dedicated to photography. From the latest emerging talent, to historical archives and established artists .Zap the QR code (right) or use the short URL.

V&A Museum - PhotographyThe V & A Museum, London. -The world’s greatest museum of art and design. Zap the QR code (right) or use the short URL.

Utah3D.netAmazing 360 degree panorama photography. Visit Utah’s scenic wonders in 360 degree pano-ramas. It’s the next best thing to being here. Zap the QR code (right) or use the short URL.

Useful Links:

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- Britart - GCSE Laura Wynne

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Lizzie Dougherty

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- Britart - AS Level Adam Pilkington

Meinir Pike

Matt Hague

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Touria Ghafry

Megan Halden

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Touria Ghafry

Adam Ghafry Jaimi Vincent

Megan Halden

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