Welcome to St John’s Art Gallery
Take a tour and see what our students have been working on this year. Use the arrows to scroll through. Right-click on the images and select “Fullscreen” to see them full-size.
Art Gallery Term 1 2026-2027
Year 7
Year 7 have been exploring the Formal Elements – the building blocks of Art. They created some pieces where they used creativity to explore the elements and show us a bit about their likes and dislikes.
Year 8
Year 8 have completed their first assessment. They created an observational drawing from a photograph of skull. They have been learning about symbolism and symbolic still life images. They were asked to look carefully at proportions, detail plus light and dark.
Year 9
Year 9 have spent several lessons on their first assessment this term. They have been developing their observational drawing and shading skills whilst creating a drawing of an expressive portrait. They are not quite finished yet, but we are pleased with the progress, especially with such tricky subject matters!
Year 10
Year 10 GCSE Art have been kicking off their 2-year course with a unit about the circus. During this unit, they build skills using a variety of materials and learn to present and annotate work successfully. They have created large A2 oil pastel drawings linked to the theme, a moodboard of different images exploring circus themes, work to do with the fairground/circus lettering linked to sign-writer Joby Carter.