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The Merlin School embarked on an Art week and invited me to come to teach something about art to all the classes (YR to Y3). This time I introduced them to Jackson Pollock, Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Henri Matisse. We looked at style and technique and seeked out the similarities and differences among them, looking also at ways to integrate them into a same project. Among others we made Matisse-like cut outs using Pollock’s practice to create new surprising effects, which was really a lot of fun! But equally inspired by Kandinsky’s abstraction or Klee’s colouring composition, the results were surprising. “It goes to say that if you put the bar high enough, kids just do it and surprise you with amazing results”, (Richard, teacher) 

This January Chris Agnew presented to a group of like-minded friends wanting to discover the London art scene his etching panels in his new solo show at Kristin Hjellegjerde gallery. He pushes yet a bit further the technical possibilities of etching, integrating technological elements familiar to us such as touch-screen doodling. But of course what is surprising is that these are engraved or painted in oil with great care and layered upon sketched historical references such as Bobby Kennedy or the actor Lee van Clee or older landscapes carefully inspired by 19th century artist Gustave Doré. An awesome series of new works unravelled to us. For more information on the artist or on the 2016 London art tour programme, please contact me: [email protected].

Half-term workshop : Paul Klee – Colouring Form in Landscape

for children (5 to 12 years old)

Saturday 13th February: Session 1: 1.30–3.00pm; Session 2: 3.30–5.00pm

Sunday 14th February: Session 3: 3.30 – 5.00 pm

Monday 15th February: Session 4: 10.30 – midday; Session 5: 1.30-3.00pm

Colour theory and form were essential to the artist Paul Klee. This workshop is intended to develop children’s perception of geometry in landscape, and to show that with a few tricks and joyful use of colour they can create a beautiful landscape.

For more information: [email protected]