Our home-schooled children have been looking at the foundations of a picture in order to create a paper collage.

They worked on imitating the texture of the building and created shadows with the black highlights along with the white.

Paper collage is a technique of an art production where the artwork is created using an assemblage of different forms and shapes using paper.

These forms and shapes eventually create a whole image.

The children focused on looking at texture and the feel touch approach to create their paper collage.

Following on from planning and design the children have been working on creating their bags demonstrating their sewing skills using a wide range of materials.

Some of the students opted to use felt material to create their bags.

Felt is a durable, moisture-repellent and heat-insulating material and can be made of both, natural or synthetic fibres.

It is easy to work with and can be used on both sides because both surfaces are the same.

The children went on to draw and cut out the the pattern pieces in order to start stitching.

Some of our home-schooled children are in the first stage of designing their very own printed handbag.

They have started planning whereby the children will eventually go through the design process to create a product

In the next few weeks they will move on to demonstrate their sewing skills.

Children will learn how to make a paper template of the bag and how to sew a running stitch, backstitch, whip stitch and blanket stitch.

Finally, when they have made their handbags children will learn how to write a detailed evaluation.

Children have been looking at Ian Murphy’s drawings and focusing and developing upon mark-making over the last half-term.

Mark making is still a pure form of the artist unique self-expression of the communicative process.

The children created representational artworks using mark making.