Wild Hair Day!

Painting Techniques

We have been learning to use painting techniques in our landscapes. We used dry brush for the hills and sky. We used dark tones, then mid tones, then light tones to create depth. We used drag for the sea. Then we sketched flying objects on black paper. Next we cut them out and glued them on our paintings. We are proud of our paintings. We hope you like them too.

Landscape Paintings

Room 21 at Auckland Zoo

Duffy Book Day

Botanic Gardens Trip

Self Portraits

Last term we worked hard on our self portraits. First we practised sketching our eyes, nose and mouth. Then we practised sketching our whole face with our features placed in the correct places and proportions. Next we sketched our face on a piece of cardboard. After that we copied our features onto smaller pieces of cardboard then cut them out and glued them on our face. Next we used more card and corrugated card to make our hair. After we had finished glueing it all on we cut our head and neck. Then Mrs A brushed a diluted wash of PVA glue over our faces to make them stronger. When that had dried we chose a hot colour and a cold colour, one for our face and one for our hair. We rolled the printing ink onto our face and hair, then placed a sheet of cartridge on top. Next we printed our portrait by putting the cardboard template and the paper through an old washing machine hand wringer. They look fantastic!