Friday, 16 August 2013

Noticing the Signs of Spring

The girls showed a great deal of interest in the flowers on our walk up to Mt St John last week. We brought some back to the classroom and I added some Daffodils the next day. 
You can see from the girls drawings that they took a lot of care with their work, noticing that there
was a 'frilly bit in the middle. We talked about the stamens and how bees collected nectar and pollen from flowers so they can make honey for us.
This work took a lot of concentration and I was interested in how difficult the girls found when it came to drawing the leaves. I underestimated how challenging that was going to be. They were determined to get the leaves to the right width and length and for some it took a lot of trial and error.

Great persistence was shown until complete satisfaction was achieved.



















4 comments:

  1. Absolutely gorgeous daffodil paintings, I love them. Wonderful to notice nature, nature always gets colour combinations perfect.

    Love
    Tessa

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  2. I like all your paintings, especially the way they are all different. Mary-Anne

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  3. Wow these are amazing and the attention to detail is great! They certainly brighten up a cold day!

    Love Victoria

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  4. The girls will love receiving your comments. The part they love the best is working out who said what!
    Keep those comments rolling in.

    Chris

    PS: I only chose Anonymous as it all seemed just a bit too hard on Friday night!

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