In Owls Class the children have been studying the work of Hundertwasser, an Austrian contemporary painter. The common themes in his work were a  rejection of the straight line, bright colours, organic forms, a reconciliation of humans with nature, and a strong individualism.

To design their own pictures, the children from Owls, studies some of the artists work, then selected one of his pictures and then selected a small part of that picture using a viewfinder.

They drew this selected section with pastels, oil pastels and wax crayons onto a piece of A5 paper using lighter colours.

Next they overlaid the A5 paper with acetate and drew on more detail and pattern using overhead projector felt tips and darker colours.  This gave their work more depth.

They stuck the A5 work onto a peice of A4 paper, placing it wherever they liked.

Next the Owls extended and developed the picture onto the rest of the paper working out from the A5.  They tried to incorporate their ideas and themes that Hundertwasser used while at the same time making the art work their own.

Here are some of their finished pieces.