Watercolour Painting

Here are some of the watercolour techniques I needed to think about in order to produce this amazing painting:

Choose a broad brush and use it to wash the paper with water
Switch to a finer brush; wet it and then dab it dry on a paper towel
Select a colour, starting with the palest
Look closely at the colours and shapes you see
Add a bit of detail to show flowers or leaves
Try not to leave any of the paper blank
Dab the last of the water off with the paper towel
Leave it in the sun to dry

Why not come to the classroom and take a closer look at my painting? I would love to know what you think of it.

Sketching at Chateau de Penthes

Yesterday we took our clipboards, some stiff white cartridge paper and a 3B drawing pencil to Chateau de Penthes. We were going to do some sketching.

I decided to draw the view of the trees. Take a look at my sketch.



How do you think it compares with the real thing?

Where in the world? continues.....

"In China (Asia) people have made a television that is so small,



it would fit in a dolls' house."
Max got quite excited; 'Can I buy one?' he asked.

Cave Painting (or drawing on the white chalk with a blackboard)

During our Unit of Inquiry on Materials, we started reading the book, 'Stig of the Dump' by Clive King. Stig is a caveman who lives at the bottom of an old quarry close to Barney's grandmother's house. Barney finds Stig one day when he falls through the roof of Stig's den. They become friends, even though they cannot talk to each other.

Since the quarry is no longer in use, people throw all their rubbish away down there; Stig is good at finding new ways in which to use old things.

On the same day that they cut down an enormous tree (getting warm once in the process) and then use it to start a fire (getting warm for the second time) Stig picks up a piece of charred wood and uses it to draw an amazing hunting scene on the chalk wall of the den.

Then we had a go at using charcoal and chalks to make our own hunting scene. We dusted the paper with charcoal powder and smudged it to give it a greyish background. Then we used charcoal and chalk to make our scene.



"I like your cave painting of an animal because I like its horns," said Dangi.

Mapping the school

We asked ourselves; how can we show what our school looks like? After taking a walk around the school, we had a go at trying to make a record of everything; from the classrooms to the kitchen, the music room to the French rooms and the library.

Take a look at mine. "I drew it small because I didn't want to take up much space. I forgot some of the classes like 2o. I found it OK - not too easy; not too hard. The first bit I did was 2i and the corridor. I did the staffroom and downstairs to the gym. I think someone else could use my map."



How does it compare with the real thing?

Memory

Invented by Max, Chris and Rekik

· First spread out the cards, face side up
· Then put a blindfold on



· Keep going until you find two that you think are the same



· Take the blindfold off
· You keep them if they are the same
· Then it’s the other guy’s turn
· The winner is the one who has the most cards

plastic

Well I put a booster there and then I put plastic knives on the rocket. It’s made out of plastic.



‘I like the way you made the booster,’ said Giulia.