paint & pirates

Back to basics in y3 with a bit of colour theory. 

 

Whilst in y1 the children drew pirates.

 

Not bad for a 6 year old!

I know some adults who would struggle to draw recognisable pirates.

vehicles

In y1 today we made moving cars as a follow-up to our 3d vehicle drawings from last week. The children had to carefully follow step by step instructions but still had freedom to add quirks of their own - see the second pic! A bit of a come-down from commanding the Death Star!

 

 

 

toys

Thank goodness the school computer knows what its doing! Today in y1 ( 5/6 yr olds) we drew toys using simple shapes - squares, rectangles, circles, semi-circles, triangles and ovals. 

 

We also sketched toy vehicles, including motorbikes! I don't think this is too bad for a 5 yr old!

 

A traffic jam!

 



 'Thomas';

In the afternoon we made 3d versions of our vehicles so that they could be played with. We used words like 'chassis' and 'axle' to help understand the component parts. The body was formed from a folded piece of card, detailed on both sides.

This underside shot shows the simple construction.

moving art

In y1 today we made wheeled toys. Card and dowel were the materials to hand.

 

One chap added thread to his car to represent exhaust smoke!

 



In y5 we continued our discovery and exploration of space theme by making moving pics of 'Neil Armstrong' - "One small step...".

 



 

When  pulled, the tab causes the legs to move in opposite directions so that he appears to be walking. A5 Card and split pins.

 

colour wheel stuff

Did some simple colour wheel stuff yesterday (primary & secondary colours) - only just managed to upload the pics today (don't like posting an entry without a visual and try if at all possible not to do it - is anyone else like this?). After the colour mixing practice the children had free rein to paint a picture of their choice. It was nice to see some of them trying techniques we've covered over the last few weeks.

moving toys 2

As you know, the children have been making moving toys. Today they returned with their marvellous, magnificent, magical machines! Pull 'em back and let 'em go!