Year 6 children enjoyed a visit from artist Pippa Bell, they spent time with her looking at Maritime paintings. Pippa discussed the different techniques the artists had used to create the sea in their paintings such as ' Divisionism’ a technique used by artists which involves breaking colour into its basic elements and painting in very small and regular dots. From a distance the multiple dots form an optical mixture of colour. She also showed the children the way in which the artists had used oil or watercolours, blending, different brush sizes and brush strokes to create the surface of the sea and the formation of the waves.

Children helping Pippa show the class different painting techniques.