Castlerea Community School Art Blog

Senior cycle students travelled to Roscommon Arts Centre today 28th Oct to view the Red Bird Youth Collective exhibition. This was a fantastic experience for both groups, whom for some was their first time to view an art exhibition. Here, there was a great range of Art to view from sculpture, audio and visual installations, photography and paintings. We also had a fantastic workshop given by Orla who was one of the organisers of this exhibition. In her workshop, Orla covered a major area in the appreciation of art section that involves the leaving cert art gallery question and this was of particular importance and interest to the leaving cert students.Here are some pics from our great day out.

6th Year Students please answer the following questions. Higher Level 2015 Q. 9 The "Gates of Paradise" in Florence illustrated below demonstrates Lorenzo Ghibertis (1378-1455)great skill as a Sculptor. Discuss this statement with reference to one named panel from the doors. In your answer refer to subject matter,composition,perspective, and the treatment of the human figure AND Briefly describe and discuss one other named sculpture from the Early Renaissance period. Illustrate your answer. Guide for answering this question: Introduction to your answer 1: discuss the term "Renaissance",how it came about and the great changes that came with it. 2: who was Lorenzo Ghiberti (short bio about him and his background)and how did he come about to design the doors 3:His time sculpting the doors, his subject matter,composition, perspective, and treatment of the human figure,( his personal style and technique, changes he made over the years and his influence...

Attention to 5th and 6th Year Art Students  On Fri 28th of Oct, both classes will be travelling to Roscommon Arts Centre to view the Red Bird Youth Collective Exhibition.We will be leaving School at 11.30 and return to class for 2.30. I hope all Students will be able to attend this wonderful experience.

1st Years were very busy learning how to make coil pots and using the medium of clay how to manipulate it using different techniques and methods.

5th Year Art History Homework Please answer the following Question. (2014 higher level paper) It can be argued that the most impressive early tombs in Ireland were passage graves. Discuss this statement with reference to one named passage grave and two other types of named tombs from either the Mesolithic or Neolithic periods.  In your answer describe and discuss their structure, decoration, and location.  and  Briefly discuss what you know about the people who built these tombs and their spiritual beliefs. Illustrate your answer.  (50m) Here also is the marking scheme for that question.  A Discussion of statement with reference to named passage grave, discussing and describing the structure, decoration and location 20m  5m for named passage grave and 15 for discussion B Description and discussion of two other types of named tombs 15m  3m for 1st named tomb and 5m for discussion. 2m for 2nd named tomb and 5m for discussion C Brief discus...

L.C.A 1 Class are very busy creating their facial sculptures. Using mod roc,which is a form of plaster, each student working in pairs, covers their face in cling film,(of course leaving a hole on the nose and mouth area to breath) and then apply this layers of the mod roc until the face is fully coverd and the features are visible. Each student thoroughly enjoyed this process and it was indeed great fun. Here are some pics of the class at work.

Art History Question for Thurs, 20th Oct.  Discuss this statement with reference to the sculpture illustrated on the accompanying sheet. and Describe and discuss any example of the public sculpture in your own area,mking reference to artist, media, subject matter and site/location. Use sketches to illustrate your answer.(HL 2009) The illustrated sculpture is Gaelic Chieftain by Maurice Harron. Marking Scheme: A Discussion of statement with reference to given illustration. 20 marks. B Named artist of chosen public sculpture .5 marks. C Description and discussion of chosen public sculpture referring to media, subject matter and site/ location. 20 marks D Sketches 5  Total 50

Choose one or two sketches from the facial drawings below and copy into your sketchpads. Pay close attention to tone, proportion,  etc. Use your range of pencils from 2b to 6b to achieve different shades and tones.

Mon 10th Oct. As you now know the Leaving Cert Art Exam is changing next year. For better understanding and explanation of this,please have a look at this video clip below by clicking onto the link below explaining the new leaving cert course. http://webinars.pdst.ie/presentations/RevisedAssessmentFramework/presentation.html

Your homework for the weekend is to draw a tonal drawing of a running shoe/ football boot/ or any kind of footwear. Here are some examples below.

This years Art themes were issued to students and teachers on Mon 3rd of Oct. Here, students must choose one of the following for their project. 1: Id like to be able to do that. 2: On my way home from school 3: Absurd and ridiculous 4: Grow to eat 5:Water,the source of life 6: Poem: Digging Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen: snug as a gun. Under my window, a clean rasping sound When the spade sinks into gravelly ground: My Father, digging.I look down Till his straining rump among the flowerbeds Bends low, comes up twenty years away Stooping in rhythm through potato drills Where he was digging. The coarse boot nestled on the lug,the shaft Against the inside knee was levered firmly. He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep To scatter new potatoes that we picked, Loving their cool hardness in our hands. Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests. Ill dig with it. Adapted from a poem by Seamus Heaney Time frame of Junio...