This is a small collection of Year 5's work based upon the Renoir painting 'The Umbrellas'.
We all brought our own umbrellas into school and took close up photographs of them. Using these photos we practised sketching the shapes of umbrellas.
We used our umbrellas to try and make really interesting shadows on the ground.
We took photos of the shadows we were making.
We used colour wheels to choose colours we thought would really stand out against our black shadows.
After the backgrounds of our paintings were dry we painted our shadows black. We think they look great!
In our Maths lessons we looked at the shapes we could see in the Eiffel Tower which was constructed at around the time of the painting for the Universal Exhibition in 1889.
We could see it was made from structurally strong triangles and we had a go at making some of our own strong towers.
We used an editing website to experiment with changing effects on our photos and printed our favourites.
These edited photos were then used to inspire our own work.
We looked closely at what the people in the painting were wearing. We especially liked the little giris dress. We decided to create clay models and decorate them.
We painted splashes onto canvas. We decided that in stormy weather the sky is very dark, so mixed blues with black and white.
We used a range of plastic materials and wire to create 3D splashes.
We created miniature umbrellas using wire. We twisted wires together and curved them to make the handle then used more wires to create the shape of the top of an umbrella.