In Class 4, we have been learning about William Morris, who lived and worked during the Victorian era. He was born in 1834 and he died in 1896. He was incredibly creative and produced decorative art in a range of different forms, including: textiles, furniture, wallpaper, stained glass windows, book design and tapestry.
We discussed a famous William Morris quote:
Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
We then tried to copy some of his designs using water paints – we agreed that this type of paint would compliment Morris’s natural works.
We then created our own Class gallery, writing helpful comments on each other’s work.
Class 4, comment on how you achieved a successful William Morris painting.
Although I am not very good at art , I was proud of what I did. I am very inspired by William Morris because he wasn’t just an artist.
Willam Morris is a very famous artist, I love his art.
My favourite subject is art and I love to just be given a paintbrush and paper and be told “paint this” as we were when we did this. I found William Morris’s designs beautiful as they showed scenes of nature. I painted some swans that I saw online and when we looked at everyone else’s I realised that some people had done the same. All of them were pretty and intricate and as I walked around the class I felt as if I was looking at real William Morris paintings in a gallery.
My favourite subject is art and I love to just be given a paintbrush and paper and be told “paint this” as we were when we did this. I found William Morris’s designs beautiful as they showed scenes of nature. I painted some swans that I saw online and when we looked at everyone else’s I realised that some people had done the same. All of them were pretty and intricate and as I walked around the class I felt as if I was looking at real William Morris paintings in a gallery. I made sure my paintbrush wasn’t too wet before painting and I didn’t mix colours.