The pupils at Auchterhouse had been studying World War Two in class, so I showed them a short clip about some of the work of Henry Moore, when he was creating his drawings of people taking shelter in the Underground. I also showed them some examples of his drawings, so they could see how sculptural Moore's drawings of people were and his use of a minimal palette. The children were asked to think about FORM and we only introduced colour at the very end when we mounted some of their finished artworks onto red card, a striking and effective contrast with their black and white images.
The children then experimented with charcoal on white paper and with white chalk on black sugar paper to create these atmospheric drawings.
The sharp contrast in tones in the image above is very powerful.
The detail in the brick wall above is so effective.
This is a beautiful image and really gives the feeling of how crowded it was sleeping so close to so many people. You also get the impression of how dark it must have been.
The drawing above is the early stages of this boy's final piece and could almost be one of Henry Moore's sculptures of a seated figure.
I love the detail of the blankets this person is wrapped up in.
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