Spring Term Challenge 2025

Kick Start Art: Still Life Challenge

Our first project is Still Life! Hopefully, you will have watched this video about the project in your school but here it is so that you can watch it again and share it with your family. It will tell you everything you need to do:

What the Challenge Is

Here is a video of Linda demonstrating how you might create your still life composition:

Here is a video of Linda demonstrating how you could sketch and shade your still life:

To get some ideas, have a look at the work of artist David Short who paints amazing still lives at: David Short Artist.

Here are the links to the videos mentioned in Linda’s teaching slides:

Here are some great examples of Still Life:

To take part, please refer to the Kick Start Art Introduction page and it will tell you exactly what you need to do.

The deadline for entries is Friday 14th March.

If you just want to create the art but not enter the challenge, that's fine. Good luck and we hope you enjoy creating your art work!