What We've Been Up To

Last Friday the Year 12 and 13 Art students visited The Dulwich Picture Gallery and The Horniman Museum. During the day the students took lots of photos for their sketchbooks and completed 2 zines, full of sketches.

Our first location was The Dulwich Picture Galleries main hall where we mused over the works of the great masters such as Rembrandt and Jan van Huysum. Kel did an incredible study of a seascape by Willem van de Velde the Younger and Lazuli a portrait by the contemporary artist, Svetlana Kornilova.

After that we visited the Tirzah Garwood retrospective. Garwood was a multidisciplinary artist best known for her beautiful, marbled papers and wood cut prints. She also created intricate quilts, whimsical paintings and dollhouse inspired paper structures.

We then travelled to The Horniman Museum where we wandered through The Sunken Garden, and into their instrument collection, which showcased musical instruments from around the world. We finished the day in The World Gallery, which contains global artifacts and contemporary artworks inspired by the collection.

Overall, the trip gave the students the opportunity to gain new material for their sketchbooks through the means of sketching in their zines, taking photographs and encountering new artists and artistic practices.

By Ms Chesher, Art Teacher