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Chose your favourite drawing tool and make a drawing about water as it moves. Perhaps you could make a drawing about water coming out of a tap, or water moving around inside the washing machine, or a waterfall near your home, or a toyboat sailing on the pond. What other ways does water move? Maybe you've had an adventure in or on water, such as a boat trip, a day at the beach or a visit to an aquarium. You could draw a picture about that! |
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What colours do you think of when you think of water in its different moods? What colours remind you of a stormy sea, a sunny day at the beach, frogs in a pond, a heavy rain shower, or bubbles in a bath? Paint a picture about a chosen scene using only the colours that remind you of water. Of course, it need not be a scene, it could be a pattern painting where you use only lines, dots, dashes, squiggles and shapes. |
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What interesting creatures live in water? Choose one and make an outline drawing of it on a small block of wood. It could be a starfish, a seahorse, a water snail, an octopus, or any other animal or plant that lives in water. Glue draught excluder or string over your drawing to make a printing block. Print with your block onto paper or fabric. |
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Have you played with clay? Can you poke it, prod it, push it, roll it, and stick other things into it? What kinds of underwater creatures can you make with it? Get a ball of clay and turn it into a jellyfish. Roll your clay up again and turn it into a fish. Roll it up again and then turn it into an octopus, then into a starfish. Choose your favourite to finish with, let it dry and then paint it. |
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Have you ever tried making a diorama? A diorama is a bit like a miniature stage set. Work with a group of your friends to make one. Here are some ideas: (1) an underwater scene, (2) a scene from a book or story that involves water, (3) a harbour scene, or (4) a scene inside a submarine or ship. You choose. Start by getting a box and using all kinds of materials to make a scene in the box. You'll need to decorate the floor, ceiling, sides and back of the box and you can use paint, collage, or montage techniques for this. |
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Explore your dressing-up or costume box and see if you can find things to make a costume for a character connected with water. It could be a sailor, a mermaid, Neptune, or any other character. Or perhaps you would like to make a fabric picture about water? Work on a small piece of Hessian and weave or sew threads in watery colours onto it. |
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