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Challenge 1 – Art

Mr Downey

Mr Downey

Faculty Head of Creative Arts & PE   |   Art

Five facts about this subject

• My favourite animals are lurchers, simply because I have two of them at home and they are amazing when they are running at full speed. They are very, very fast but I think they like sleeping most because they do that a lot.
• My personal hero is anyone who puts others first. My dad did that a lot and he was my biggest hero
• My favourite joke - Two parrots sitting on a perch and one says to the other “Can you smell fish?”
• My proudest moment is being a teacher at King’s, obviously!
• Who would play you in a film of your life? One of my colleagues insists I look like George Clooney but she’s clearly mad so it can’t be him. Maybe David Morrisey would do a good job.

Five facts about Art

• King’s Art teachers are experts in their field. They have lectured at the V&A, taught drawing at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and also paint professionally

• We offer drawing, painting, photography, textiles and 3D or any mixture of all of these put together!

• Two of the three staff are examiners. One at GCSE, one at A Level. The third teacher examines the examiners at A Level

• Some of our past students have gone on to work in animation including Marvel films, become fashion designers for labels such as Balenciaga. Some are music video directors, graphic designers, photographers, set designers, interior designers, architects, jewellery designers, film makers as well as artists in the traditional sense too

• All together the department has 84 years of combined teaching experience

 

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Equipment you will need

  • A pair of scissors
  • A glue stick or tape
  • Some coloured pens or pencils
  • Your imagination

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