Week One: Let’s learn about our Steeple

Working with Maddiston Primary School

The first week of the project is coming to an end and Susheila and I had a great week meeting the pupils involved and telling them about the Steeple’s history. We hope the schools enjoyed finding out more about this iconic local building.

Victoria Primary School Pupils sketching using historic photos of the Steeple

Having learnt about key events surrounding the Steeple (there was particular interest in the Steeple being hit by lightning in 1927 and the ill-fated horse Irn-Bru) the pupils did some sketches of the different events. These ranged from what the Steeple used to look like, what it looks like today and sketches of details of the building. Using their sketches in pairs pupils created designs for woodcuts which they will start carving next week.

Pupils at Carmuirs working on their woodcut design

Susheila and I were very impressed with the work done and there are many budding artists among the pupils. We look forward to seeing how they get on next week.

Julia

 

Falkirk Steeple Art Project

P6a are very excited to see the end outcome. We loved this mornings session where we learned about the Falkirk Steeple, drew pictures of the Steeple and the different aspects of it.

‘We are very excited about next weeks session and being able to carv our Steeple’ – Marco P6a

‘We love that it is something completely different’ – Sophie P6a

‘Enjoyed looking at the different aspects of the Steeple’ – Alex P6a

‘Really looking forward to working with the ink to get our end product’ – Abigail P6a

We will show pictures as we progress through the weeks 🙂

 

 

Welcome!

Welcome to our blog for the ‘Picturing our Steeple’ art project. The project officially starts on Tuesday 20th May 2014 and the Falkirk Schools involved will be posting about what they are doing and learning. Check back after the 20th May to find out how they are getting on.