Some great chalk and charcoal studies from year 8, well done Yakshith, Lionel, Aarav, Samuel, Ethan, Cameron, Theo and George.

Well done to Lidia for her excellent presentation at the regional finals of ARTiculation at the Herbert Art Gallery. Professor Jennifer Powell praised Lidia for her accomplished style and confidently delivered presentation.

Join Ms Caplin at a Monoprinting Workshop for Parents on Monday 9th February 6.30 -8.30pm. The event is hosted jointly by the Art Department and @fauxpaskes.bsky.social. The workshop costs £25.00 per person, including glass of wine or soft drink. Looking forward to seeing you there.

And some of the fantastic reduction lino prints made by Year 9. We'll done Kiseob, Oscar, Laurie and Tim

ARTiculation trip for those returning to School new ETA 6.10pm.

Parents please note that the ARTiculation trip presentations are overrunning so they will not be back in Stratford for 5.30pm, students will be asked to contact you with an ETA as soon as it is finished.

Congratulations to Matthew and Kirpa for both getting offers to study Architecture at Cambridge University 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Some superb models made by year 9 students. Well done Laurie, Oscar, Harry and Kiseob.

Tuesday is very much an animation day, KS3 students creating stop motion at lunchtime.....

We love this poster by yr12 artist George....

Congratulations to Lidia in yr12 for winning our internal heat of #ARTiculation2026 for her talk on Artemisia Gentileschi. Well done to Poppy, Joel and Osian for also giving fantastic presentations. Thank you to our judges too.

Well done to all House Art Winners; Dyson (LS), Dyson (MS) and Spender (US).

Year 7 have been producing studies in response to Joe McGown and Allison Kunarth. Fantastic work 7K 👏🏻

We were so impressed with how the ALevel artists used their sketchbooks in the Yorke and Donwood exhibition this week. #discovercreativecareersmonth

The next Parent Art Workshop is on Monday 1st December 6.30 -8.30pm. We'll reuse metal to make embossed festive decorations. The event is hosted jointly by the Art Department and @fauxpaskes.bsky.social. £25 per head, which includes a glass of wine or soft drink. Book your place via ParentPay

Thanks to everyone who visited up for Sixth Form Open Evening last night. Here is a collection of superb work from the cohort last year...

Great designs for the exciting upcoming events by some of the art students, well done Osian, Poppy, Lidia and Sophia!

Everyone enjoyed the Radiohead exhibition at the Ashmolean

Yr12 & 13 have been dismissed from Oxford museums and galleries. @kes-sixthform.bsky.social

Well done to the sixth form artists for embracing the life drawing workshop and producing some superb studies.

Yr12 completing some fantastic monoprint studies of Alison Lambert's work.

And some more pics from last night @fauxpaskes.bsky.social Next workshop: Monday 1st December 6.30 -8.30pm #Stratford-upon-Avon #Warwickshire #artistteacher #artworkshops

Another wonderfully productive evening at the Parents Art Workshop last night. Super to meet some new faces and catch up with regular participants. Thanks to @fauxpaskes.bsky.social for jointly hosting the event #artworkshop #printmaking #printing #tetrapakprinting #reducereuserecycle

Prepping for the Parent Art Workshop coming up a week today: Monday 3rd November. Tickets still available on ParentPay £25-00 hosted jointly by @fauxpaskes.bsky.social and the Art Department. Look forward to seeing you there!

2025/26 Parent Art Workshop Dates Announced: Mondays 6.30 - 8.30pm; 3rd November, 1st December, 9th February, 16th March, 11th May, 15th June. Led by Ms Caplin, hosted jointly by @fauxpaskes.bsky.social and the Art Department. 1st workshop will be TetraPak printmaking. Tickets £25 via ParentPay.

Come and celebrate the work of our students, see flyer below for full details....

Some great quick abstract paintings by students on orientation day...

Thank you to artist James Lake for working with yr9 and 10 students today to build anatomical sculptures and a huge thank you to @fauxpaskes.bsky.social for funding a large part of this.

Thank you to Year 13 for being such a wonderfully creative, inquisitive and driven bunch of students. We will miss working with you, but are looking forward to having you fantastic work up at the exhibition next School year.

Year 12 undertaking the challenging task of life drawing. It was great to team up and work with SGGS for this session...

Work in progress at the Parents Art Workshop last night, hosted jointly by the Art Department and @fauxpaskes.bsky.social See previous post for the fabulous finished outcomes... #waxrelief #batik #artworkshop #artistteacher #stratforduponavon #warwickshire

Look at the stunning work produced last night. Much fun was had by all! Thanks to @fauxpaskes.bsky.social for supplying the drinks. #batik #waxrelief #artworkshop #parentassociation

The next Parent's Workshop is on Monday June 2nd 7-9pm. If you fancy having a go at wax resist batik, tickets are still available via ParentPay. #artworkshop, #craftworkshop, #parentsassociation, #waxbatik, #waxresistbatik, #batik

Some of the recent pencil portraits drawn by 8S and 8E #pencilportrait, #KS3art

Welcome to our new Bluesky account. We want to start by wishing our GCSE and A Level Art students the best of luck for their exams which start tomorrow. You've all worked incredibly hard, enjoy the process! 🎨📷💻🖌️