This is a group project that I did with 4th year students in order to maintain the Green Schools flag. Students created two group clay murals under the theme ‘water-the coral reef’. Each student began making detailed studies of fish concentrating on colour, texture and pattern. These were used to design and create a clay fish that would feature in the mural.

As there were 30 students in the class, they were split into two groups, each designing a background scene for the clay murals using brainstormed imagery assocaited with the theme. Each student either created a section of background panel with etched designs or a fish learning basic hand building techniques in clay. These were decorated in a mosaic style using recycled materials such as broken bottles, broken plates, drink cans cut up which would melt in the kiln like a glaze.

After practicing basic portrait observation drawing including feature and hair studies. Students created A2 size magazine covers, featuring themselves as the cover stars! These were completed in pencil, and included their portrait and their own chosen magazine title.

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6th year students practiced their observation skills and tried out a variety of different media for their still life mocks exams.