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 towards the lake and the mountains. Take a look at my sketch.



How do you think it compares with the real thing?

Where in the world? continues.....

"In Brazil, which is in South America there was a priest who had been trying to break the record for staying up in the air using party balloons."



"He has disappeared and now they have found balloons floating in the sea - but so far, no priest."



Matthew W thinks he has probably drowned.....

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 yours because of the way you drew those busy active people," said Evie.

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. "It was a bit hard drawing the map but I think I did a good job. It was kind of hard to do the downstairs toilets because they didn't easily fit on the paper. I could remember where everything was when I thought about it. I think that someone would be able to find their way using my map."



How does it compare with the real thing?

My Baseball Ball.....

This is a ball and it's a baseball ball.



Inside it's made out of cork. I think cork comes from a tree. I think the outside is made out of leather which is a natural material and it is sewn up with string. The string could be made from a natural material or a man-made material.

Feeling

Invented by Fiona, Giulia and Evie

Rules: No peeking under the blindfold!
The oldest goes first

· Put the cards face down on the table
· Put the blindfold on



· Pick two cards
· Feel them



· If they are not the same you don’t keep them; it is the next person’s go



· If they are the same, you keep them; you have another go



· Who has the most cards when all the cards are gone wins

paper

This is a fan and it's made out of paper and wood and it's from Japan.



It's kind of fragile because once, by accident, I pulled a little bit off. Now I can see the fibres.



This is called a paper plate and it's made out of cardboard. Cardboard and paper are both made from natural materials. They are made from trees.

It's a bit flexible.
It is shiny on the top



and dull underneath.

plastic

I made a rocket and it is made out of plastic. It has 4 windows made out of plastic. I put some fire on it. I used the red plastic net from oranges.



‘I like the way you put the fire on it,’ said Fiona.

What is it like?

My String Telephone
This is a telephone and I made it with my mum. I brought it because it is made of metal and string and we were asked to bring something made of metal to school.



What is it like?
The metal is shiny and hard and the string is a little bit stretchy.

My Trophy
This is my trophy that I won at baseball. It's made out of metal and some rock I think. When you knock the metal it sounds like a bell.



What is it like?
It is shiny and heavy.