Rain Forest

Last week we did research based on the Rainforest,we were going to be doing art based on the Rainforest. We were doing 3D birds and a leaf background, how we started was we researched leaves found in the Rainforest and we did a draft on a normal piece of paper and then we used cartridge card as our good copy because we were using dye for the background and cartridge was the only card that wouldn't curl up when it was drying.

We used wax crayons to colour the leaves in and the birds so that the dye won't stick on top of our leaves. We then dyed the background different greens and some of us let the first green dried and we added another coat but this time we were able to do a different green. After that we waited for it to dry, then we searched up Rainforest birds and draw the one that we picked, I chose a Costa Rica Toucan. I did a sketch of my bird and the coloured it in with the wax crayons, after I finished I waited for the dye to be ready and then went over some of the colours with the dye and the waited for it to dry.

We then had to cut out our birds and 3D them onto our background, how we 3D it was we used the left over paper and cut it so that we had a medium size and we folded it so that it would look like a spring and glued it to our bird and the background. This was then end result.

In our next contract Mrs Cutler said we had to made a presentation of why the Rainforest is important and some facts about it so Lucy and I Made a padlet to share our information on. We included the fires that happened and much more.
We were also working on a slide with Leticey, on the slide we added a link to our padlet so that people could check that out. Here is the finished result of the slide and the padlet. Click the link to see the padlet.