Exploring Sandra Silberzweig & Picasso
One thing all Reception-Year 6 pupils love is their weekly Art lessons with Suzy Morris.
This teacher has been instrumental in leaving no stone unturned regarding a plethora of projects throughout her time at the school that continue to inspire our eager learners and build key skills – many of which transition into other subjects.
Art enables our pupils to develop intrinsic human qualities such as creativity, expression, identity, culture and imagination as well as helping to preserve our cultural heritage.
It gives young children an opportunity to progress their own languages which help shape their individual, community and global identity. It also has a hugely beneficial impact on areas such as confidence, self-esteem, personal, social, emotional development and behavioural health.
Not only this, but Mrs Morris also incorporates the creative with the theory from a very early age, giving Rydal Penrhos pupils a broader understanding of Art and some of the world’s greatest-ever creators.
Some truly exceptional work has been produced by all year groups since the start of the academic year within the Prep site’s impressive Art facility. Another fine example of this emerged from Year 2 recently, who studied two iconic artists before using their specific methods to create some stunning pieces.
Pupils took time to study the work of Pablo Picasso, who devoted himself to an artistic production that contributed significantly to the whole development of modern art in the 20th century for 80 years before his death in 1973.
Picasso is lauded for the invention of Cubism with the artist Georges Braque, which they created around 1907.
The second artist under the microscope was Sandra Silberzweig, a contemporary artist from Toronto. She has a condition called synesthesia, which is a crossing of the senses.
This means that she may “hear” colours or “see” music.
Once Year 2 pupils had found out more about the artists and examined their work, they were then tasked by Mrs Morris to create their own portraits using wax resist. Something which brought some outstanding designs.