After having a amalgamated class of year 5 and 6 students I decided that I would choose this activity. I would normally aim for year 5 to tackle this activity but I though that today this would be perfect. I read them the picture story book- "Fox" by M. Wild. A wonderful Australian story and author, check it out if you haven't had the pleasure of reading it. I love the dry, bleak and scorched outback images and I also adore the three central characters as they are each so powerful. The story is just very poignant. Students had to choose a scene and depict it using dry pastels and black cartridge. We spoke about blending colours and really working on getting the background like the parched Australian outback is. Browns, red, oranges and yellows were all gathered to get the feel of the story. After many a smudged and smeared faces (I did warn them to resist touching their faces) these are some of the most interesting and beautiful...
How powerful is the Magpie, alone after being abandoned by Fox deep in the Australian bush, away from Dog, and away from shelter and protection?
Magpie in full flight with the help of the cunning and nasty Fox....
Here Magpie and Dog down at the water looking at their reflections....
Fox telling Magpie to come to the dark side!
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