LO: Create a typography piece of artwork taking inspiration from Eine

Eine (Ben Eine) is one of the most successful street artists in the world today and is regarded as a pioneer in the exploration of graffitti letterforms. His unique pieces can be seen across London. A particular area of the East End has been named ‘Alphabet City’ after his colourful array of shopfront ‘shutter art’.

Art Club were inspired by Eine's typography creations and made their very own 'Eine-style' piece of artwork using the research sheet above for guidance, pencils and watercolours. They could chose a letter, word, initials... the choice was theirs!

Such magnificent work as always!

LO: Warhol-style repeated shadow handprint art

For a short collaborative lesson Year 6 were challenged to create a repeated Andy Warhol-style piece of artwork. We discussed his work with the help of the research sheet below.

Each child was given two pieces of coloured card which they had to fold in half.

Then, draw around their hand over two coloured A5 pieces.

Next, cut out and stick on opposite colours.

Finally, children were allowed to create the shadow effect be having their hand painted black and printing on each card a hand.

They really enjoyed the process of having their hand painted! They hadn't made hand print painting in years. It was such good fun to see their happy faces when the paint was applied :)

The results are so effective, especially as a group piece.

Each child signed their work of art. I told them to keep it or even give it to a loved one as an extremely funky-Pop-Art-Warhol-style gift.

LO: Be inspired by Keith Haring's bold designs

American artist Keith Haring gained fame with his cartoony style designs that started out as part of the New York graffiti culture in the 1980s. He was best known for his graffiti-inspired drawings, which he first made in subway stations and later exhibited in museums. His images were scenes about various topics such as hip-hop music, dance, birth and friendship.

Each Art Club member was given the research sheet above containing many of Haring's designs. They were set the challenge of creating their own colourful piece with card, glue, scissors and black felt-tips.

They have chosen such bold and powerful colour combinations! 

I love the way children never forgot about Haring's trademark black 'movement marks'.