Here are some photos from the year 12 trip to Tashkeel today.......A HUGE thanks to the folks at Tashkeel for a great morning of printmaking and a tour of the artist studios. We also enjoyed meeting artist Ruben Sanchez and seeing some of his paintings in progress.

Using photo manipulation in the style of Calvin Merry. These experiments are by Ali in Year 10.

Check out this experiment using photographs and digital manipulation by Dorsa in Year 10

Congratulations to Rachel & Lydia who won 1,000 dhs each at the 'Treasures of the UAE' competition. Their paintings will be on display at Bastakiyah for the rest of the month.

A rose made out of cake - wow! Lovely and delicious. Thank you very much to Alexandra and her grandmother.

Drum roll please........WE HAVE TWO PRIZE WINNERS HOORAY! The lovely people at the Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding have selected Lydia and Rachel as 2 of the 24 prize winners for the 'Treasures of the UAE' competition. Well done to you both and well done to Aimee and Tamarra who also submitted excellent entries. The exhibition opens this Sunday at Bastakiyah.

Jesse has been busy casting faces in the Art room....look at the detail in this piece!

Mosaic 'Skull' by Hamaad in Year 11.....

Photo manipulation by Ali in Year 10....

Year 8...using 2 point perspective in your drawings of buildings. Watch these videos again to help you with your homework.

We have four great entries for the 'Treasures of the UAE' competition. The Art work is being delivered to the Sheikh Mohammed Centre of Cultural Understanding today, good luck to Lydia Felton, Aimee Bristow, Rachel Oliver and Tamarra Al-Azzawi!

Happy anti-bullying week everyone. Here's a great video to watch.....

Year 13: When experimenting with your ideas for 'Still life' make sure that you work from PRIMARY SOURCES (your own photographs & from life)...use a range of media (printmaking, paint, charcoal etc) and annotate your work explaining the connections to your chosen artists and the theme. Here are some examples from EC 2011.

Year 12: When experimenting with your own ideas make sure that you make strong links to your chosen artists and that you use PRIMARY SOURCES (such as your own photographs)....Here are some examples by Claudia.

Year 11: When planning your final piece make sure that you are sketching and documenting the process step by step. This work should be presented on A2 sheets in your portfolio. Have a look at these examples by Emily....

Year 10: When completing your artist copy and written analysis make sure that you include the TITLE, DATE, MEDIUM.....and use the help sheet as a guide when writing your thoughts and opinions about the work. Here is an example by Kira.

Another fabulous entry for the heroes and villains homework year 9....this is Cruella Deville by Hannah in 9D. Love the dalmation puppy!

An outstanding entry for the international week art competition.....this is the statue of liberty (made out of recycled materials) by Alexandra in 8B.

Have you seen this?

http://www.creativeyouthdubai.com

One of the first entries to come in for the heroes and villains homework: this is 'Frodo' by Harriet Cookson 9S.....Harriet painted her own back drop, made her own props and costume and even documented the entire process. WOW!

The anticipation nearly proved too much this morning as we arrived ready for the first day of Abu Dhabi Art. An early lunch and a tour of the EcoFuture exhibit warmed us up for an excellent talk by the inspiring and hugely successful artist Anish Kapoor. A healthy dose of exciting Art from around the world later gave us plenty to think about on the bus journey home. Until we meet again next year ADAF.