Gainford CE Primary and Preschool pupils and staff always throw themselves into supporting community events and projects and they jumped at the chance to show off their artistic skills at Gainford Village Art Exhibition
Every child in school, from the youngest Preschool children to the oldest year 6 pupils worked very hard on different art projects to produce work to exhibit .
Class Tees , Year5 and Year 6, took inspiration from a recent visit to Raby Castle. They sketched towers and the gatehouse in their sketchbooks and then transferred their images to a polystyrene tile for printing. They then experimented with different coloured paints and papers to see which combination they preferred for their final print . the children then followed this up by painting on ceramic tiles with pictures representing all of the things they saw at Raby Castle .
Class Swale had been learning about trains and railways . Pre- school and Reception enjoyed whizzing trains with wheels covered in paint across paper with brilliant effect. Soft pastels were used with a masking tape track which was then peeled back to reveal their track pictures .
As a whole class they were inspired by LS Lowry .They watercolour -washed backgrounds using primary colours ,as Lowry used to do, mixing secondary colours as they needed them . they then used charcoal and poster paints to add railways, bridges, viaducts to the foreground
Class Wear ,Years 3 and 4 represented the sky at different times of the day and night -but they weren’t allowed to use blue! They learnt about colour mixing and used watercolours and also used acrylic paint for their moon images . The children were very proud of their final pieces of art work
Mrs Chris Riley, Headteacher commented,” The resulting art work was very impressive with all children learning new skills and working with new materials. All of the children were very proud of the fact that their art work would be exhibited alongside the work of other, local artists, mainly adults, and that it would be seen by a wider audience. It was good to hear that lots of families had visited the exhibition and had been very impressed by the art work on display. Many thanks must go to the staff who worked on the art work with the children and a huge thank you to Mrs Gallagher who not only shared her artistic skills with the children who also organised our display. Many thanks must also go to the organisers of this exhibition which is a real showcase for local talent.