Dinosaur Silhouettes

A chalk-pastel twist on this class, today we created soft pastel backgrounds and dinosaur silhouettes on black paper. We added details like volcanic craters, lava, smoke and fog to our landscapes. 

And some gorgeous prehistoric landscapes on their own:

As well as an approaching meteorite!

Drawing Alpacas

Today we practised drawing, focussing on South American alpacas. 

Did you know?

Alpaca fleece is smoother than silk, softer than cotton and water-resistant.

Alpacas come in 22 colours - such as white, fawn, red and grey. 

Alpacas can hum!

Want to learn about the differences between alpacas and llamas? Click here!




Have a look below to see the beautiful drawings that the class at Springwood made today.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

These school holidays young students at Katoomba Library created adorable caterpillar paper chains and then learnt how to collage in the style of author and illustrator Eric Carle. The painted paper used in the collages had different patterns, colours and textures, and was dry before we used it for our artworks. Go to The Spruce to have a look how to make caterpillar paper chains.  

                        

Monet Ponds

Today we made circular oil pastel ponds based on Claude Monet's paintings. We focused on the multitude of colours he used to create reflections on the water.

Here are photos of just a few of the results - unfortunately, I didn't get time to photograph them all.