In the first week back to school after the Christmas holidays, Year 4 have been working hard to produce some wonderful art to being our new topic in Geography: Extreme Earth…
First, we looked at a colour wheel. The class discussed the differences between the colours and how we could categorise them. The class were able to spot ‘cool’ colours such as green, blue and purple as well as ‘warm’ colours such as orange, yellow and red. We also discussed the different feelings warm and cool colours give to us.
We then found out about a famous print, ‘The Great Wave of Kanagawa’ (1830) by Japanese artist Hokusai.
Hokusai created The Great Wave as the first in a series of prints and it depicts a huge wave thought to be a Tsunami.
Tsunami 津波 (Japanese for ‘harbour wave’) is a large ocean wave usually caused by an underwater earthquake or a volcanic explosion. Unlike a usual wave, which flows in a circular motion, Tsunami flow straight forwards which is why they are so powerful and can cause such great damage.
To make our own interpretation of ‘The Great Wave of Kanagawa’, Year 4 used ‘warm’ and ‘cool’ colours to represent the difference in mood between the calm and peaceful background and the thrashing waves in the foreground.
The class learnt how to mix warm and cool colours with white and black to create darker and lighter shades for each separate part.
When our art was dry, we outlined it with a black ink pen to define all of the details, just like in Hokusai’s famous great wave!
Year 4 hopes you enjoy our art work!
Do you know any other art work about natural disasters?
I loved it because l liked drawing. ☺️
I like everything about art and it is very creative.