Two days working with Yr 5 on animal paintings.  These children really knew their Australian animals.

Turtle Dreaming

Bayami and the Kangaroo that danced

Intensive day of painting with GCSE pupils.  Beautiful results….

Mungi the Storyteller

Three days of workshops:  Storytelling for all KS1 & 2; painting yrs 3 & 4; sculpture yr5.   The sculptures took a little longer than planned, but their work showed care and attention beyond their years.  Really good work.

Numbat by yr 5

Beautiful Echidna from yr 3

Echidna Sculpture from yr 5

Two day workshop  Storytelling and Storypainting with yr 4 in this amazing school.

Avenue Primary yr 4

“The art workshop was really fun because I learnt about how the aboriginal people painted with dots.”  Y4 pupil

Y4 working on their painting of the Rainbow Serpent

“Jon and I thought it was a fantastic two days and that the children learnt a huge amount from their experience with you about Aboriginal art and its culture. The children especially loved the information about Australian animals. You managed to encompass so many different elements – story telling, drama, information about the animals and the skills needed for creating the Aboriginal art.”  (Jenny Brierley, Y4 Teacher)

Avenue Primary yr 4

A wonderful week of painting and sculpture.  Excellent work by all years, especially KS1.

We finished with a grand exhibition for the parents and children.  Here is a small selection:

Yr 3 Animal Paintings

Yr 1 Paintings

Yr 6 Sculpture

Yr 4/5 Painting

I just wanted to say thanks very much for yesterday,  I know the children loved it, so thanks very much!

Teacher, yr 3/4

St John’s Primary School, Radcliffe

“The Aboriginal art which rose from the drama-based story sessions was fantastic.  Children of all artistic abilities were able to create individual and group pieces using the dot method.  The idea of an exhibition where the children went around the hall as if they were visitors to an art gallery brought the week to a magical close.”

“The parents were very impressed by the paintings and even offered to buy them!”

Anona Greening, Art Co-ordinator, Woodmancote Primary School

KS1 children worked with Dreamtime artist Hazel Andrew to create animal sculptures

 Cotswold Dreamtime was a project devised by Stephen Rowley with fellow artists Shelley Campbell and Alison Cockroft for a cluster of primary schools in Gloucestershire.  The resulting exhibition filled one of the rooms at Stroud Museum in the Park.

The head of the LEA said, ‘This is the best primary school art exhibition I have ever seen’

 The painting below is taken from the exhibition and tells the real-life story of ‘The Sleepover’ from one of the children at Thrupp School