Bush Fire Inspired Paintings

3-4 T learnt about the bushfires that affected Australia earlier in the year. We read ‘Fire’ by Jackie French and created paintings using warm colours and negative space as the foreground. The students learnt control painting in small spaces and all about warm and cool colours.

Weaving

3-4 T combined with 3-4 KB to work with wool to weave the diamond shapes. All the students had to be patient and methodical in creating the loops while thinking about colour choice and texture of the wool. To finish off, the students selected the feathers for a final flourish of colour and pizazz.

3D Webs

Over the course of the year, 3-4 T have been improving our techniques for colouring and making things look three dimensional. The colours for our 3D Webs had to be contrasting colours. By incorporating a little maths with angles, the students created the plan, sketched the webs and chose between three colours on opposite sides of the colour wheel. They then had to create an optical illusion by making each individual piece look three dimensional using light and shade.