![]() There are many examples of African animal / savanna sunset silhouettes in stock photos and art, and was perfect for Year 3/4 skill set- drawing from observation, fine cutting, and arranging on a warm sunset background.įirst we watched a video: The African Savannah – Virtual Field Trip and discussed this grassland biome, listing animals that live there. This lesson is part of a series of lessons around the theme of ‘BIOMES’- (geographical area consisting of a biological community formed in response to the regional climate), this one being a GRASSLAND BIOME. These are coloured in with paint sticks or markers and patterns and details added with paint pens (like Posca) They then draw 3-4 sea creatures in size proportion to each other on a smaller piece of paper (A4). Students started with a white circle high on the paper, then gradually added more blue in concentric circles until the filled to the edges of the paper and top of reef outline drawn at the bottom.Īfter looking closely at Melanie Hava and Peggy Nille’s illustrations students add patterns of lines and shapes to the reef. We used Melanie Hava’s ‘A Reef Wonderland‘ as the inspiration for the sea with a light source from a circle. Painting the sea was also a lesson about tints by mixing white with blue from light to dark. We also did an artwork comparison with one of Ken Done’s reef paintings. For inspiration we looked at the illustrations in the book, ‘Hidden in the Sea’ by Peggy Nille, and the art of Melanie Hava, an Indigenous artist from Queensland, near the Great Barrier Reef. These artworks are focusing on aquatic biomes, specifically coral reefs. ![]() Year 3/4 have been learning about different biomes in their classroom, and in art lessons we have been making artworks about various biomes too. ![]()
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