Year 3

Year 3 have been experimenting with a Brusho ink ‘wash’ effect to create the backgrounds, and the body of the volcano was made with a tissue paper collage. To enhance this mixed media composition, we spent time experimenting with both paint and collage, to choose their favourite method in order to make their volcano appear…

One of the first art lessons for Year 3 was ‘Still Life’. The learning was to concentrate on what they could truly see. Drawing 1 (to the right of the photo taken from their seated position) was an unsighted, ‘blind contour’ drawing. With a paper plate balanced on their pencil, they were unable to see what…