Some pupils from Sir Robert Hitcham's
and other Suffolk schools took part in a wonderful day of
botanical dissection and illustration.
"I enjoyed dissecting the flowers and finding out what was inside..."
"I have learnt how to concentrate and not rush my work"
"I liked drawing the flowers. Stephanie told us how to draw accurately"
"I learnt how to use watercolours properly. You only need to use a little dab of paint to make a mass of colour. You dab it on to the palette and add lots of water. You can make cool effects like bleeding -when 2 colours mix together. The colours chase each other"
The watercolours and pen and ink pictures of the flowers were stunning.
"I learnt how to use watercolours. They are messy but fun!"
The children enjoyed using pen and ink and perhaps got a little carried away.
Some of our tables now have a little pink tinge ....
"I learnt that it is very hard to paint by just looking at something
and that watercolours are great to use in botanical illustrations."
"We all learnt the special names for different parts of the flowers such as the sepal"
The children looked at some beautiful botanical illustrations on stamps
and then designed and painted their own stamps.
They were very eye catching.
Well done to everyone who took part in the day and a big thank you
to Stephanie for a very enjoyable and interesting masterclass.
