APS News 29

10 January 2022 AbingdonPrep Art and CDT Y3 Christmas Mobiles Y5 CDT Club Y4 Monsters Y6 Balsa Planes Y7 Twisters Y5 Puppy Life Drawing with Toby Waddesdon Manor, the Art Department and nine students from Years 7 and 8 have been working in collaboration to create a life sized sculpture of a wooden reindeer as a part of Illuminated River’s, ‘Bridges, Boats and Beyond’ project. We were assigned the painting ‘Swan Upping’ by artist Stanley Spencer, which highlights life and tradition on the River Thames. The Head of Learning at Waddesdon outlined the brief to the team via Zoom. The boys flew with ideas and decided that they wanted to create a collage of all their work based on the image we were given. They worked with individual paintings, digital manipulation and enlarged studies of key areas of Spencer’s image. The end result was a triumph and the learning team was thrilled with their level of creativity and professional finish. The reindeer is now being exhibited in the woodland of Alice’s walk, as part of the Illuminated lights trail. Please let us know with a photo if you visit Waddesdon, and see the majestic ‘Stanley’ the reindeer. Congratulations to those who took part! Stanley the Reindeer at Waddesdon Manor Y5 Emojis Y6 Poppies