First Year Sketches...

It's Christmas exam week for all our students: here are some examples of the first years' work  so far...As you can see, we've been practicing our tonal skills!

Winter Penguins

We're doing a really exciting Winter project at the moment, where we're creating penguins and other animals from newspaper, masking tape, paper maché and paint! Here is a sample of some of the fabulous character sketches my first year students created before they began making their 3d versions:

Below are a couple of pictures of my own penguin as it's being constructed; more pictures to follow as we continue the project!

2nd Year Masks and Prep Sheets

My 2nd years recently completed a mask Project. They made their prep sheet first, and I have to say some of them would put Junior Cert prep sheets to shame! They then created their masks from plaster and painted and decorated them. Here are some really nice examples of what was created: