Raining Cats & Dogs .....

Although Cyclone Marcia was well away from us when it crossed the coast near Yepoon last Friday, we certainly felt her presence with a whole lot of rain! Most of us battened down the hatches, roads flooded and some schools were closed. I even had to cancel Friday's art class!

However every cloud has a silver lining, and the weather event gave us some great inspiration for our art project this week. Students came up with all sorts of unusual things it could be raining, and completed their pictures with crayon and sponge-applied turquoise, blue and black watercolour. Enjoy!

Eadie

What's In A Name?

Last week students wrote their names onto watercolour paper, in preparation for today's project.

I traced all the names with PVA glue (it needed to dry overnight!), and then this week we transformed them with pattern and colour.

After tracing around the glue to make the letters stand out, and adding decorative embellishments, we soaked our paper in a tray of water before experimenting with dripped watercolour using pipettes and eye-droppers.

This week is all about experimentation and discovery. We discovered the colours blend well together, and what happens when we mix complimentary (opposite) colours! Watching the colours blend and fan out through the wet fibres of the paper is really fascinating, not to mention beautiful!

Naomi