Art News
Year 1 are busily exploring a new technique of silk painting as part of their Sharing the Planet unit. They have created beautiful designs of butterflies and have learnt about shape, symmetry and light.
Year 2 have been studying about wildflowers and trying to decide, "Are wildflowers beautiful or ugly flowers?" They have used their drawings in designs on kites and this week we will go fly our kites!
The Year 5 boys are learning a technique in painting called 'scumbling', where a little bit of paint gets pushed around until it is both wet and dry and creates an atmospheric texture. Boys have painted white clouds on a blue background. We put them up on the board and boys voted for which examples were the most effective. Often, boys who are not so good at accurate details in drawing will shine using a looser medium like paint. We used an online tutorial to teach us this technique.
The Year 4 boys are exploring the world of insects. Their prior knowledge about insects was rather limited, but ask them now, and they have dramatically improved their knowledge through research and drawing. All these activities have highlighted how closely linked the learning is between Science, Mathematics and Visual Art. I often use nature as a focus in art so boys can learn about and appreciate their environment.
Ms Karen Sabitay
PYP Visual Arts
