From the Pirie Room

We have been illustrating our families as part of our unit. This started a discussion about how to draw dogs.

“I can’t draw dogs” said Henry N
“To make a dog you need a square for a body and two legs at the front and two at the back and two on each of the sides and ears that go down to here” said Mason
“I know how to make a fish, round a circle and two eyes” said Jake
“Actually, two circles, one for the head and one for the body, two legs at the front, two legs and the back, two eyes and a nose, a mouth and red whiskers” said Jake
“They have a wet nose” said Darcy
“You don’t have to have a square, you can do a oval” said Henry Grey
“And the ears is a triangle” said John

We continued to talk about shapes in drawing and illustrated dogs from books and posters. This week we have used our drawings to inspire our work at the clay table. Children have been using different techniques to create the shapes needed to make a dog.