Art

Blundell’s Prep School has a light, modern, well-resourced art room, which offers an excellent environment in which the children can be both confident and creative.

The children are offered opportunities to experiment with a variety of media and work at a range of scales. They have benefitted from the experience of working with visiting artists as well as having regular opportunities to draw from real life.

Aims of the Art department

Develop enquiring minds about images and artefacts which are part of historical and contemporary society
Collect and organise visual information for a variety of purposes
Express opinions on, and evaluate, their own work and that of others, from a variety of times and places
Develop a range of practical skills in wet and dry malleable rigid materials
Explore, take risks and experiment with materials.
Gain confidence in their ability to make informed choices and to adapt and refine their work as it progresses
Express opinions and ideas about the world around them and to understand the role of art in society and how it is used to inform and shape environments
Explore other people’s values and beliefs