Normally on a Tuesday, we would be working on Being a Detective, but since Mrs Taylor wasn't around Mrs Spragg decided to get arty. This was very exciting because as much as we love being detectives, we also love art!
Did you know that Rimu Year 5/6 have a really good idea what Matariki is?
Well, they do and after a brief discussion, we watched a wee video to help to fill in any gaps we had. Mrs Spragg also asked us to look at the style of the art that is used to tell one of the Matariki stories. It is in Te Reo, so we had to use our reading skills to follow along.
Mrs Spragg then read us the story of Mother Earth and Father Sky by Gavin Bishop to help us understand the background of the story we saw in the video. It is in this book.
Mrs Spragg also zipped us through a different Matariki story to help us understand that there can be one or more stories to explain phenomena, like the Matariki stars.
We did have to keep an eye out for interesting artwork to inspire us in our own artistic creations.
Explaining the process of what we were going to do, Mrs Spragg drew a design on the board. She then explained that we were going to create our own design inspired by the stories and artworks we had seen. Next, we were to sketch the design onto our pieces of paper, drawing lightly so the pencil wouldn't show through. Using black PVA glue we were to paint over the pencil line and let it dry.
Once our paint was dry we began to add watercolour paint to our pictures. Mrs Spragg explained how we use watercolour, adding a little bit of water (not too much or we soak our paper) to the paint. We had to make sure it wasn't too dry either. We were then shown how we can blend the colours. We had to be careful not to mix the paints together, this was very important!
What a lot of fun we had. These photos probably say more than words can. What do you think?
Mrs Spragg is going to back them onto black paper and hang them up. These will be shared when it is finished.
Do you like art? Have you used watercolour before? Does your school or class have plans for Matariki?
Kia Ora my name is Jaylim and i am from pt England school it is real entreating how all of you guys use water art i have never done that before do you guys have any tips? keep up the grate work
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ReplyDeletemy name is Calais i attend to pt England school i am a year 8 student. your art looks amazing i wish i could do that all of you are really good at painting!!.
Hello Rimu class, The teacher Mrs Sprangg she sounds so cool! the art that you guys were doing looks realy fun. Cool stuff people
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ReplyDeleteI am a student at pt england school. I actually have not used water colors before and we do not have any plans for matariki. But I like how you guys are so engaged with your paintings. I have 1 question for you. How long did it take to finish e paintings.
Kind regards,
Naomi
Hi Rimu class good job with this post there is so much here to read and look at. Although I would like to mention that there are a couple words missing which would make this post better. Also yes those pictures do say a lot.
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