Year 5 Creativity

Space Art

Over the last few weeks, the children in Year 5 have been looking at work by the artist Peter Thorpe. He was originally a book illustrator but was also a huge fan of all things Space. Rather than wasting his leftover paint from his illustrating jobs, he started to paint some abstract space paintings. Inspired by his colourful images of rockets and planets, the children designed their own pictures in his style. Firstly, the children did this on squares of paper using coloured pencils and then they transferred these onto paving slabs using chalk. The creativity that the children have demonstrated has been exceptional. Here are some examples of their beautiful art.