We've been doing a bit of art in school in a bid to get something bright on the classroom walls.
I've seen these cats around for many years now on postcards and biscuit tins, and I've always liked their cheerfulness. As our first topic in Literacy this term involves some poems about cats, I thought we'd have a go. A bit of research on Google revealed the artist to be Rosina Wachtmeister, an Austrian artist who now lives in Italy. I started with a powerpoint presentation of lots of the cat paintings, and we talked about colour and technique. The children couldn't wait to get started.
First of all they drew the outlines of the cats ....
and then filled in patches of colour with oil pastels.
Next task was to add a painted background, and gold pen highlights.
My class are thrilled with the results!
oh wow might have to steal that idea! We were doing Degas with pastels today-very messy!!!
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They are great.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen the original pictures before, I really like them.
Gillx
Very impressive.
ReplyDeleteLove the pictures, really bright. They will definitely cheer up any room :) x
ReplyDeleteOh WOW, WOW, WOW!! These are fantastic, I love them. You wonderful teacher you! :)
ReplyDeleteAnne xx
They're lovely! You must be very proud of the artists.
ReplyDeleteThey're great, you have some real artists in your class.
ReplyDeleteSimply lovely .... My daughter would love you as a teacher (actually so would I)
ReplyDeleteLx
They're great, really colourful and cheery.
ReplyDeleteLove these pictures, the kids did good!
ReplyDeleteOH MY GOODNESS! THESE ARE FABULOUS1 I've just got to try this idea. Would love to see photo of them displayed :-) Ros
ReplyDeleteThese pictures are fabulous. I'm going to steal it to use with my kids sometime!!
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