Taking inspiration from the many topics and tasks available as part of the Art Week programme, Ms McIntosh, has created some fantastic project work around the topic of ‘architecture’ for all Year 7, 8 and 9 students. To explore and try some of the other activities available, click here.
Below are a selection of art theme YA novels that are well worth a read:
Fire Colour One by Jenny Valentine
A Carnegie Children’s Book Award shortlisted novel, the title of the book is that of a 10-foot long panel created with a blowtorch, water and two models by the French artist Yves Klein in 1962 and which sold for $36.4 million at Christie's in 2012. Art is a prominent theme in this novel about love, lies and redemption with a superb final twist.
A Carnegie Children’s Book Award shortlisted novel, the title of the book is that of a 10-foot long panel created with a blowtorch, water and two models by the French artist Yves Klein in 1962 and which sold for $36.4 million at Christie's in 2012. Art is a prominent theme in this novel about love, lies and redemption with a superb final twist.
Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick
Inspired by the painting MidvinterBlot by the Swedish Realist painter Carl
Larrson, this dark and compelling novel is about two people who find and lose one another
over more than a thousand years. This novel was also shortlisted for the Carnegie Children’s Book Awards.
Inspired by the painting MidvinterBlot by the Swedish Realist painter Carl
Larrson, this dark and compelling novel is about two people who find and lose one another
over more than a thousand years. This novel was also shortlisted for the Carnegie Children’s Book Awards.
Ivy by Julie Hearn
A historical novel set in London during the time of the Pre-Raphelite painters. It tells the story of a girl with beautiful red hair, previously abandoned and neglected and living a life of crime, but whose life takes a turn for the better when she is spotted as a model for a Pre-Raphaelite artist.
The Medici Seal by Theresa Breslin
Set in Renaissance Italy, this is an epic adventure of intrigue, murder, revenge and betrayal told through a young boy who works for Leonardo Da Vinci and carries a secret that people will kill for.
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