Mrs Armitage

Sketchbook Assemblies: a means of whole-school, observational drawing during assembly time developed in 2016 by Sue Armitage @Wyvilprimary

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Big Ben is getting a Carnival makeover! Angel class discussed what it means to be creative today. We reinterpreted this famous building to reflect the vibrant colours and energy of the Notting Hill carnival! @theartcriminal @NSEAD1 @SketchAssembly

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Proud artists showing the collages we made in our parent and child cafe. Celebrating Black History in London @bhmuk @BHMLambeth @NSEAD1

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Thank parents and carers for the fantastic turnout at today’s art cafe! It was wonderful to see you draw London buildings together! #wyvilfamily @Drawinglives

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Talented families at work! Parents and children sketching together in this morning’s art cafe. @SketchAssembly @Drawinglives @NSEAD1

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Lovely use of colour in Knightsbridge Class as we begin exploring the work of Alma Thomas. @SketchAssembly

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Shapes, patterns, lines. Marylebone class are making closely observed drawings of a much-loved London landmark! @SketchAssembly @Drawinglives

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Year 4 artists at work! Angel class are learning to make architectural drawings, paying close attention to shapes, patterns and lines. Great maths language being used too. Can you spot the trapezium and the parallel lines? @SketchAssembly @Drawinglives @theartcriminal

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Canary Wharf are creating colourful drawings in the style of Alma Thomas. Beautiful work! @SketchAssembly

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A field of flowers to brighten this rainy day! 💐 Our CD weaving project was put together and displayed at Covent Garden Flower Market @MarketFlowers to celebrate National Florist Day! #nationalfloristday @NSEAD1 #artatwyvil

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It was just wonderful to see this child’s intense response to Turner’s portrait in @Tate Britain today. @theartcriminal @Drawinglives @NSEAD1

[Mrs Armitage @SketchAssembly]

Absolutely this! ❤️

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@WyvilPrimary @Tate @Drawinglives @NSEAD1 What a beautiful moment of pure connection…..

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Tremendous sketching at Tate Britain from our observant Y4 pupils @WyvilPrimary! @tateteachers @theartcriminal @NSEAD1

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What a lovely start to our Term 4 programme of parent events. In our art cafe, parents and children drew tulips together… reminding us that Spring is just around the corner! @NSEAD1 #artatwyvil @Drawinglives

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Year 1 pupils in Battersea Power Station Class found beautiful artworks in Tate Britain that made them feel “happy”, “calm” and “peaceful”. @tateteachers @theartcriminal

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Art club in LKS2 made some lovely observational drawings of fruit using watercolour pencils. They were very happy to take the fruit home too! @Drawinglives @NSEAD1

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We’ve held our first Sketchbook Assembly of the year in KS2! A year six pupil modelled making a tonal drawing of a leaf as we discussed life cycles and new beginnings. @nsead1 @drawinglives

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A collaboration between Wyvil’s children, parents and carers! We looked at the work of African American artist Alma Thomas and created our own abstract collage: Happy Children at our School. 3 happy circles are the children! @theartcriminal @NSEAD1 @BHMLambeth

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Today’s observational drawing session in Reception produced some wonderful, colourful interpretations of this still life set-up. ⁦@theartcriminal⁩ ⁦@Drawinglives⁩ ⁦@NSEAD_Sophie⁩

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Great to see Reception engaging in observational drawing. Lovely expressive outcomes. Note to self: must water that plant. @nsead1 #ArtatWyvil ⁦@theartcriminal⁩ ⁦@Drawinglives⁩

[Mrs Armitage @SketchAssembly]

@WyvilPrimary We made a little exhibition at the end of our drawing cafe. Lovely work and lots of talk about lines, patterns and shapes. @Drawinglives @theartcriminal