At HBN we operate our own skills based curriculum. The acquisition of skills leads to confidence, then to fluidity and to creativity. All of these 3D clay portraits were produced independently by members of our year 6. They began by undertaking a series of drawings that allowed them to draw portraits with increasing accuracy. The final clay pieces were executed after a brief demonstration of modelling techniques, they had used clay previously. The final pieces took approximately 2 hours to create.
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