Monday 24 November 2014

Colour in Nature: Exploring Artistic Styles and Rainbows

 RAINBOW

"Twirling Rainbow" by Ryleigh
Last week the children investigated the colours of the rainbow with Deb and they were very eager to recall what they know today! The children used the 3 primary colours to mix secondary colours so that everyone had a palette with the colours of the rainbow. Sofia's request to make red led us to discuss how the 3 primary colours can't be made from other colours but other colours can be made from mixing primary colours.

After examining a photograph of a rainbow in nature we investigated how people use different artistic styles to represent rainbows. We looked at Impressionism, Cubism, Abstract, and Expressive Abstract.

"I'm painting Moobolist"
The children painted several pictures of rainbows and you can see from the photos that they are amazing! Ryleigh noticed that her painting was similar to Cubism and Billy developed a name for his own artistic style, he said, "I'm painting Moobolist"

Several of the children enjoyed giving their painting a name:
"Cross Dotted Amazed Rainbow" - Sofia
"Thunderstorm Rainbow" - William
"Twirling Rainbow" - Ryleigh

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