Super Shape Work

March 30th, 2010

We have been investigating 2D and 3D shapes.  We have made pictures using circles and rectangles.  We have also been making 3D towers using blocks and giant construction materials.  Last week we went out and about looking for shapes in the environment.  We ticked any that we found.  We used the pictures we took to [...]

Animal Collages

March 17th, 2010

We made these animal collages by working together..  The children worked in pairs to decide on what animal to create and which materials to use.  

More Mondrian

March 13th, 2010

We looked at some more of Mondrian’s work and used Kidpix to create some of our own colour block artwork.

Broadway Boogie Woogie Collages

March 2nd, 2010

Today we looked at a piece of art called Broadway Boogie Woogie by an artist called Pieter Mondrian.  He is famous for creating artwork using the primary colours.  To make our collages the class had to cut rectangles of different sizes.  They folded a piece of paper in half and then cut along the fold. [...]