Thursday 2nd May

Today at Artclub we worked both inside and out, making the most of the beautiful weather.  Outside, we painted the owls in white, which will be the colour underneath the pom-poms. We worked in groups of four, and if you did not get a chance to paint them this week, you will be able to work first on them next week.

The main activity this week was still-life drawing.  There were several different fruits to choose from - apples, pears, plums, strawberries and oranges and our brief was to draw them in oil pastel. This we did looking very closely at the fantastic colours that could be seen in the fruits.

We looked at the children's book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and how the illustrator had depicted the fruits in the story.  We were trying to use colours that we may not necessarily have thought as obvious, such as browns in the shadows at the bottom of the pears, yellow in the strawberries and blue in the plums.

The Artclub have been asked to produce some artwork for the community centre in Stanhope which Mrs. Mistry and myself are excited about.  As the centre hosts a breakfast club for toddlers we will be making some large mixed media artwork for their walls based on the story of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", as the caterpillar eats some lovely healthy food at the beginning of his journey.

Next week we will be using paint to recreate our oil pastel drawings on a large scale, so please remember to bring in an old shirt or top to wear over your school uniform.  We will also be continuing with our owls.