castles and more colour mixing

In Y1 we made clay castles. We rolled out the clay into thin slabs (we didn't use battens - too tricky) and then cut out the crenellations. 

 

 

 

 The slab was then rolled around a tube to form the final piece. Stones were added by pressing square section wooden pieces into the clay.

 

 

In Y3 we've had the whole morning to further develop our understanding of colour mixing. We experimented with different shades of the secondary colour by varying the amounts of each primary colour in the mix.

 

castles

The y2 children made their pop-up castles yesterday. After careful detailing and cutting out they assembled them into working pieces.

 

They even suggested the addition of a 'working' drawbridge across the moat.

 



 

They now plan to add text (facts, names of features etc.).

today

Am busy getting my art room into shape! But still finding time to come up with ideas for forthcoming lessons. Y2's are looking at castles so I thought we could have a go at pop-ups.

 

 

 

My sister likes penguins so I've cheap-skated and drawn her a xmas card this year. It helps if you squint a little as you look at the pic;

 

The little chaps are supposed to look like they're holding their flippers/wings in certain positions, though the more I look at 's' the more I see Elvis !? Big sis doesn't read my blog (!) so I'm not giving the surprise away.