Spring is in the Air

This week we spent time working on a spring art project.  Over the course of a week, we used multiple art techniques and steps to create beautiful watercolour paintings.

First, we created the background using a wet on wet watercolour technique.  To do this we sprayed our papers with water before using watercolour paint on them.  This allows the watercolours to blend into each other in interesting ways.

Next, we painted the middle ground.  Our middle ground was a tree in the spring time before the buds begin to emerge.  To do this we had to learn how to use the paintbrush in different ways to get thick and thin lines.

The last step in our art project was to create the foreground.  For the foreground, we used tissue paper to make small flowers emerging from the trees.  We used tissue paper to make the flowers pop off the paper, and to give them texture.

Our art turned out beautifully and will be displayed in the display case beside the office for May.  Drop by to see it anytime!

Also this week was our Music celebration.  We all gathered in back of the school Friday morning to sing Wavin' Flag.  We were organized into the shape of a Canadian flag and video taped from the roof.

Our Flags looked great waving in the wind.
The full video will be posted on Mrs. Rempel's Music Blog this Monday.

We have also been learning about animal classifications and life cycles this week.  On Friday, we watched a video describing the life cycle of the frog.  Then we had the opportunity to see real tadpoles from a swamp.  It was very interesting to not only see the tadpoles, who were starting to grow their legs, but also all the other creatures in the water.  We found dragonfly nymphs, mosquito larva, bloodworms, snails, and lots of others we could not identify.