The Great Wave

Today we looked at the work of a Japanese artist, Hokusai, who spent his whole life sketching, painting and drawing.Hokusai is famous for his collection called “36 views of Mt Fuji”.

This wood block print is called:

The Great Wave Off Kanagawa

From “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji”; 1823-29 (140 Kb); Color woodcut, 10 x 15 in; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York© Mark Harden www.artchive.com

We used the thinking routine called “See, Think, Wonder”.

Here are some examples MrsP wrote down at the start of the lesson:

“I see the volcano.

I think it has erupted.

I wonder if that’s what caused the tsunami.” Moustapha

“I see the wave towering over the boat.

I think it looks like a monster.

I wonder if it’s angry at the people.” Sokeina

Please leave your thoughts in the comments using this thinking routine:

I see……

I think ……

I wonder ……..

Joffa’s Toon School Visits Us

Some lucky AllStars enrolled at Joffa’s Toon School today, and spent the morning learning how to draw cartoons. Looks like they had lots of fun, and were pretty good at it too

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Dragon Alert!

Here is a Rockyou show of the dragons we made a couple of weeks ago:

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Fantasy Creatures

We have designed these fantasy creatures.

They might inhabit the “Small Worlds” we created for our holiday project!

We hope you like them :)

Have a click on our individual blogs to read our writing about these creatures

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Ned Kelly Artwork

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Australian Artist - Clifton Pugh

Clifton Pugh painted Australian landscapes. He concentrated on interesting parts of trees - like curvy branches, textured bark, and the patterns of the leaves.

We spent a beautiful afternoon outside our school, looking for unusual branches to draw.

Here are some pictures of us working outside ……