Thursday 22 October 2015

A Fabulous Trip!



Yesterday we had a fantastic day at Dulwich Picture Gallery! We spent the morning with an artist called Jo, who taught us all about M.C. Escher. Jo told us about Escher's interest in Arabic tile prints, particularly inspired by the tiles of the Alhambra Palace in Spain. We learned that Escher used tessellations and metamorphosis to create some of his artwork.


We made some beautiful prints of our own, in the style of Escher.


We began by drawing our design onto a polystyrene tile, then had to use a biro to press hard and make grooves in the tile.




Next, we used rollers to roll out the printing ink onto a plate. We used the roller to transfer the ink from the plate onto our tiles;




Then we collaged some coloured paper and carefully lined it up with our tile.


The next step was to use the printing press, which was lots of fun!
Finally, we peeled the paper off the tiles to see our completed prints! They were beautiful!




In the afternoon, we were very lucky to be given a guided tour of the special M.C. Escher exhibition and to have the opportunity to discuss some of the other paintings from the gallery's main collection.

After half term, our prints will be put together to make one big Escher-inspired piece of art, which will be proudly on display in our classroom. Come and take a look soon!

42 comments:

caoimhe said...

loved this trip!:)

Jack.n said...

so cool!

Justin said...

I love doing art in the gallery. It is the best!

Justin said...

I wish i can go here every day!

christopher said...

I loved the trip

christopher said...

the art was so fun

harry said...

I like how you said Escher-spired.

Jack.n said...

can't wait till there dry!

Jada said...

It was really interesting and fun.

kenan said...

the art looks amazing

harry said...

also, his drawing called reptiles creeped me out. how can a lizard walk of the page?

Jack.n said...

M.C Escher is AMAZING!

darcy said...

this was by far my faverouite trip

darcy said...

I love it!

darcy said...

every one enjoyed the gallery and art!

christopher said...

M.C Echer is so CLEVER

Gracie said...

i loved the trip it was soo intresting

christopher said...

Best trip ever

Jack.n said...

His art work is so interesting.

blessie said...

I LOVE going to the Gallery!

Daniel :{) said...

I loved the trip! It was EPIC!

Amelie said...

I loved the Dulwich picture gallery!

blessie said...

I love doing art in the Gallery!

Daniel :{) said...

I like D's art

Elizabeth said...

The trip was really good.

Elizabeth said...

The trip was amazing.

Stephanie said...

Amazing art work everyone.

Justin said...

Happy Halloween!

Justin said...

Happy November! 😜😜😜

Justin said...

The lizard picture made me feel wobbly!

Erhun said...

this trip was awesome

Erhun said...

I love the gallery

Erhun said...


you are awesome

Elizabeth said...

The trip was so good.

Elizabeth said...

I like the new exhibition.

Elizabeth said...

The trip was terrific.

Elizabeth said...

The trip was very good.

Jess said...

My favourite picture was the one were the babies were killed

Jess said...

It was Escher- mazing. this is true-his artwork is boss

harry said...

when will are next trip be?

harry said...

just one more trip to the gallery will fill my bucket. :)

Emily said...

I loved doing that

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