Art Dept. at Bolton School Girls’ Division

Year 11 Art Trip to Whitworth Gallery and the Hockney Exhibition Manchester

Year 12 student Thea Littlefair’s workshop with visiting puppeteer maker Gemma Bond

Ian Murphy workshop for Year 10 Art students - students experimenting with different ways of drawing

The year 7s are printing! Lino style. This is our first base print of a butterfly and after this we will head back to our Lino for some more cutting in preparation for our second layer of printing…exciting 😁 #BSGDArt #BSGDcreate #BSGDYr7 @BoltonSch

Shanty Towns! Year 8 embark on a collaborative project to build a community of houses based on a chosen shanty town…lets get making 😁 #BSGDArt #BSGDcreate #BSGDYr8 @BoltonSch

Well done year 11 Art - what a team! Last lesson this week….so wishing you all the best with all your GCSEs #BSGDArt #BSGDcreate #BSGDYr11 @BoltonSch

Well done to all our year 11s finishing off their 10 hour art exam! Be really proud of what you have achieved 👏👏 #BSGDArt #BSGDcreate #BSGDYr11 @BoltonSch

Isms paintings by Year 8….really great progression using acrylic paint . Well done! #BSGDArt #BSGDcreate #BSGDYr8 @BoltonSch

Year 7‘s Watercolour Bee Well done, a superb group effort painting a bee using watercolour #BSGDArt #BSGDcreate #BSGDYr7 @BoltonSch

Women’s History Month on the art corridor #BSGDArt #BSGDcreate @BoltonSch

Some sculpture made it from Yorkshire to Bolton School! A student response to the Wei Wei Zodiac Heads sculpture we saw at YSP #BSGDArt #BSGDcreate #BSGDYr10 @BoltonSch

More from Yorkshire Sculpture Park…and a few sculptures of our own…🤔 #BSGDArt #BSGDcreate #BSGDYr10 @BoltonSch

Trip to Yorkshire Sculpture Park with year 10! Great weather for a walk, talk and draw session in the park plus a gallery visit. Another great experience to add to our sketchbooks ✍️ #BSGDArt #BSGDcreate #BSGDYr10 @BoltonSch

Art London Trip - Outside the V&A, great museum, something for everyone in there! #BSGDArt #BSGDcreate #BSGDYr12 @BoltonSch @BSBDArt #BSGDYr13

Day 2 of our London Trip! Off to the V&A this morning and then the Design Museum this afternoon…ready, steady, tube! #BSGDArt #BSGDcreate #BSGDYr12 @BoltonSch @BSBDArt #BSGDYr13

Year 11 Art work in small groups, collaborating together on possible starting points for Unit 2…collaboration = ideas 👍 #BSGDArt #BSGDcreate #BSGDYr11 @BoltonSch

Great to have Sam Bratby in today to show our 10 students her work and how to get started drawing on Procreate! Will be an excellent addition to their skills and a good use of the iPad - thanks Sam :) #BSGDArt #BSGDcreate #BSGDYr10 @BoltonSch @paperdollsam

Year 8 Pastel Power! Great to see the year 8s tackle pastels in their landscape project. Here are some lovely examples 👍 #BSGDArt #BSGDcreate #BSGDYr8 @BoltonSch

More year 7 ink work from another class - well done 👍 👍 #BSGDArt #BSGDcreate #BSGDYr7 @BoltonSch

Fantastic year 7 ink drawings! They have been developing skills on mark making and tone recently and should be very proud of these final drawings 👍 #BSGDArt #BSGDcreate #BSGDYr7 @BoltonSch