Art

Aldenham School Art

With a real emphasis on creativity – our students have the opportunity to explore and

go where their creativity takes them. With dedicated studio space for longer term

projects, older students can take the time they need to create astonishing pieces.

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Years 7-9: Build Confidence & Explore New Ideas

Every term, students discover new artists, materials, and techniques – from abstract masterpieces to graffiti inspired prints, Expressionist portraits to Renaissance symbolism. By the end of Year 9, students will have gained experience in painting (Water colour, acrylic) sculpture (clay slab work and hand building, glazes, soap carving, wire sculpture) Drawing (charcoal, colour pencil, pen mark making, ink drawing, pastels, oil pastel, still life and urban drawing), Printing (mono and reduction lino printing), and more, fostering a lifelong love for the arts. Students have the opportunity to showcase their talents in our annual Junior Letchmore Trust Prize Exhibition and push their ideas in our Junior Art Club.

GCSE: Where Creativity Takes Flight

Students are encouraged to discover their own creative path and strengthen independent thinking skills with the support of individualised teaching.

They are able to develop their unique artistic voices through a variety of materials and visual languages. They can explore their own creative journey and experiment with different techniques in sculpture, printmakin and painting.

The department runs many trips to London Art galleries for all exam classes to inspire the students. Senior Art enrichment is offered for additional support and enables use of our excellent facilities. Students can showcase their talent in our End-of-Year Art Exhibition.

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“We feel the school offers much more than just education, we believe that it teaches your child how important their time is at school, and this in turn gets the best out of every pupil, not just our daughter.”

PARENTS OF RECENT LEAVER (BOY) & YEAR 13 GIRL

Alevel: Empowered To Explore Your Own Artistic Voice

With our dedicated 6th form Art cabin space, we foster a supportive environment where students can explore their unique ideas and build the confidence to refine their own creative path. Individual ideas are nurtured and developed through one-to-one tutorials. Students build a portfolio of artwork in preparation for careers in the creative arts.

Students have ample opportunity to use our facilities for the following techniques through focused tutoring and group workshops:

Painting: Acrylic, Oil, Watercolour, Gouache, Mixed Media

Painting: Lino, Silk Screen, Mono Print, Etching, Cyanotype, Printing Press Use

Sculpture: Casting, Plaster, Ceramics, Slab, Coil, Throwing, Ready-made, Textiles, Weaving, Glass, Mixed Media

Drawing: Charcoal, Colour, Graphite, Ink, Mixed Media, Life Drawing

Digital: Photoshop, Collage And Photographic Manipulation, Stop Frame Animation, Digital Drawing

The department makes use of our outstanding location and proximity to London to enable inspiration from visits to Art gallery exhibitions in London, but also abroad with dedicated Art tours overseas.

Students exhibit their artwork in our End-of-Year Art A Level Exhibition, which is a real highlight.