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Drawing The Castle.

On Tuesday the students from the Lion and Tsubaki classes went on a field trip to Momoyama Castle.

This excursion was to allow the children to draw a picture of the castle, whilst observing it in real.

In preparation the students had to take one crayon that they had pre-selected from their own sets. They had to choose only one from black, brown, dark brown, or grey colours. They also had to take their drink flasks and wear their caps. We departed from the school at 10:10, and travelled on a school bus driven by driver Sumitomo.

On arrival we walked through the main gate and onto the grassy area next to the castle. We found a spot where the students could clearly view all the levels of the castle.

The children sat on the grass and were given a drawing board to rest their paper on.

They had to carefully observe the details of the building. It has five main tiers above the base level, and has eleborate roof shapes and decorative elements.

It was a little difficult for some students to get the shapes and proportions correct, but they all tried hard to draw a big, beautiful castle.

On finishing their drawings, the children were told to take a close look at the colours of the castle. They will paint colours onto their pictures over the coming days.

I am really looking forward to seeing the finished pictures of Momoyama Castle, when the paintings have been completed.

– Mark –

 

(今週の火曜日に年長組のみんなは桃山城へ行きました。桃山城の写生にチャレンジです。

子ども達はまず幼稚園でクレヨンを一本選びました。黒,茶色,こげ茶色,ねずみ色の4つの中からそれぞれ好きな色を選びます。そして水筒を肩にかけ,カラー帽子を被ります。その後幼稚園バスに乗り,10時10分に出発しました。

桃山城に到着すると,入場門から入ってお城の横を並んで歩きました。そしてお城全体がよく見える場所を見つけました。子ども達は草むらに新聞紙を敷いて座り,先生から1枚ずつ画板と画用紙をもらいました。

桃山城の細かいところまでよく観察して描かなければいけませんでした。お城は5階建てで,精巧な屋根の形と装飾がありました。お城のバランス,形,模様など子ども達にとって少し難しいところもありましたが,大きくて美しいお城を描こうとみんな一生懸命頑張りました。

絵を描き終えた後,みんなでお城に近づいて屋根や壁,窓などの色を観察しました。後日,個人の絵の具を使って色を塗ります。

桃山城の素敵な絵が完成するのがとても楽しみです。

Mark先生より)