Mrs Dunham supported the children in Rm 12 to create some awesome art based on our 'Nga Wai' theme. How many fish species can you identify?

Room 12 created some NZ Sea Week art with Mrs D. First we chose a fish from New Zealand's waterways. 

Then we researched the fish we chose and found some photos of it. We had to look at every fine detail. 

Next we started to sketch the fish out on good paper. We drew them carefully and coloured and blended them with water colours. 

On a different piece of paper we painted a green, blue and purple background to make it look like the fish is swimming in the sea. We cut seaweed designs out of old magazines and green paper and layered the fish and seaweed to make the fish look like it is swimming in its habitat.

Emma Year 6

Last week was NZ Sea Week and Mrs D introduced an art project to our class. We had to research and choose a New Zealand fish. I chose a brown snapper. When I was finished, mine ended up looking like a red snapper. After some research on our fish, she told us that we were going to sketch it and try to make it as realistic as we can. We had to sketch our fish from looking at real photos. 

Then we coloured it. Mrs D brought her watercolour pencils in and we made our fish look like they were painted. Mrs D called us the creative table, we were really adding small details. My friend Alex was sitting next to me the whole time, she helped me and I helped her. For the background, I thought outside the box and put in a wavy theme and made it light at the top and dark at the bottom, just like the sea. We cut seaweed from old magazine pages. On day three we layered all pieces together and they look great. 

I am very proud of my finished art.

Harper Year 5