Year 2 have been sculptors this week.
During our art lesson Year 2 have been using the artist Julian Opie as an inspiration to create our own piece of art.
We have used clay to create self-portraits in the style of Julian Opie.
We thought about the lines Opie uses and incorporated these in our sculptures to create our features.
We began by recreating the shape of our faces with our clay. We needed to carve the shape before cutting the excess clay off to leave us with a face to add our features to.
We needed to mould and manipulate the clay to create our features. We rolled clay for our eyes before rolling and cutting pieces of clay to create other features such as eyebrows and lips. Our nose took much more moulding and shaping with our hands to ensure the correct size and look.
We are very proud of our finished self-portraits and are excited for them to dry.