As always, the children have been producing some wonderful work in art.  We have been honoured to welcome a guest judge to look at this term’s Clavering Art Prize entries; members of the art education team from the National Gallery in London reviewed the submissions and we have received the following response:

Good Afternoon!

Our expert artist educators have all absolutely LOVED looking at all the fantastic artwork from all the entries from Clavering.

Below is the response from Daisy – one of our wonderful art educators here at The National Gallery:

 “What a fantastic collection of artwork and young artists! I have loved looking at your range of projects and beautiful responses.

Year 6 – Bella and Yan’s David Hockney drawings show great use of tone and detail – well done!

Year 5 – Issac, Willa and Alfie’s wave paintings are lovely – what great use of colour. I am particularly impressed by Willa’s attention to detail.

 The Year 4 William Morris-inspired prints are brilliant, showing amazing pattern-making skills. Great work!

 Year 3 – Griff, Sydni and Freddie have done a fantastic job at working in the styles of Van Gogh and Cezanne; I really like Griff’s swirly skies and dotted hills.

The Year 2 shadow photography – wow! Ivy’s shadow of a fan is very cool, and Arthur’s shadow ship is amazing! Bramwell’s shadow of a London skyline really impressed me, how fun and inventive!

Year 1 – Mollie and Charlotte’s Kandinsky circles are fantastic; they show great colour knowledge and painting skills at such a young age.

And last, but not least, Zephy and Alexi’s brilliant Gurunsi house patterns are fun, colourful and show real talent (Reception).

I am so impressed by everyone’s talent and artistry – you are real artists!

 My two favourite artworks have to be Willa’s wave painting and Bramwell’s shadow of a London skyline.”

Certificates will be awarded by Mrs Rudkin at assembly next week for the winning entries.  Well done to everyone for their amazing work, the children should all be very proud of the art they have produced, whether they have won a certificate or not.