Following last week's session of using charcoal for the first time, children continued to explore the medium further this week. 
We began by learning about Edgar Degas and looking at how he used light and shadow in his work.
We looked at chiaroscuro (the study of dark and light) and had a try at doing our own pictures using light and shadows with a torch. 

Take a look at some of our pictures below, and watch our short video of the children's exploration with charcoal at the beginning of the session - they experimented with lines, rubbings and contrasting colours. 

Art Ms 11.11.22