A visit from Mrs Ward, an artist and educator.

Mrs Ward visited Room 7 to see how we were progressing with our fish. She was impressed by the detail and how realistic the fish looked. (Click to enlarge)



Mrs Ward then modelled the process of sketching fish using pastels. First, an outline is drawn lightly using pastel or chalk. The fins are added next.



Then she coloured the fish a bright gold and the detail of the gills, eye and fins were sketched in using dark colours. Warm brown colours were drawn over the top of the gold.




Finally Mrs Ward etched scales into the fish using a sharp pencil.
Then it was Room 7's turn. She said to choose two primary colours and a secondary colour.



Voila! The end result. Mrs Ward "whipped" up this fish in about ten minutes. Now it was our turn.