This week, Year 7–9 proudly completed their celebration cake artworks, bringing their individual designs and creative ideas to life. The kids then began a new project inspired by another exciting element of celebrations: FIREWORKS!
To begin, the kids shared their own experiences of watching fireworks and discussed the beautiful patterns, colours and shapes they create across the night sky. They then started creating their own fireworks-inspired cityscape using a variety of materials and techniques.
Using black paper, the kids drew and cut out city skylines, creating silhouettes of buildings against the night sky. They arranged these shapes as a collage and explored how fireworks illuminate the city. They also used pastels to create colourful reflections of the fireworks on the water, experimenting with flowing lines, ripples and the movement of light across the surface. Finally, they used paints to develop the colourful background and bring the whole composition together.
It was a wonderful opportunity for the kids to experiment with different materials, layering techniques and ways of expressing light, colour and reflection. We are looking forward to seeing how their artworks develop and what beautiful fireworks scenes they will create next week!
