My pupils have been learning about different watercolour techniques and when to use them in the work they create. In our first lesson, we used the wet-in-wet technique, to blend together the primary colours and create our own secondary colours. A wide range of greens, oranges and purples appeared in a variety of tones. The children then learnt that if they waited until their painting was dry, that they could use the wet on dry technique, to paint the detail, without the edges blurring or smudging.
They also tried holding their brush not just at an angle to achieve a thick line, but also upright like a flagpole, so that they could create some very fine lines aswell.
As always, Mrs Jenkins put up a fine display of the work her P6 class created. She incorporated their beautiful little paintings into a display alongside the class work they had been doing on similes.
These look so good you could eat them! The teachers had great fun picking out their favourites and imagining what they might taste like. The children took their favourite ones home and put the rest of them into the giant class jar - yum!
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