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Momoyama Castle Field Trip.

Today, students from the Lion and Tsubaki classes went on the annual field trip to visit Momoyama Castle. The aim of the trip was to draw the castle, which will later be used to form the basis of a painting.

We all travelled there together by school bus, and then departed at the parking area near to the castle. Students and teachers walked along the side of the castle, and could observe parts of the building.

What shapes and patterns could be seen? What did the roofs and walls look like? What form did the windows take?

What was big and what was small? What pieces were next to each other?

The students then sat down on a grassy area next to the castle. They each received a drawing board and a sheet of white paper. After looking at the castle a little more, they could begin to draw the building. Only one colour crayon could be used. This crayon had been taken from their own crayon sets. The permissable colours were: black, dark brown, brown, or grey.

They started to draw the stones that formed the base of the building, and then progressed upwards, adding on the further stories. There were many shapes…. curvy triangles, long rectangles, random blocks, stripey lines, wavy lines, etc.

The building is a little difficult to draw, but everyone did their best to produce their own representation of the castle.

It was wonderful to see all the different and unique drawings. None of the pictures were the same, yet they all looked like Momoyama Castle!

The children will be painting the pictures over the next few days to produce the final works of art.

I am really excited to view the finished paintings of Momoyama Castle!!!

– Mark –

(今日,Lion組とつばき組の子どもたちは桃山城へ遠足に行きました。桃山城の写生のための遠足です。

みんなで幼稚園バスに乗って行き,桃山城近くの駐車場へ到着しました。お城の近くを歩いていると,お城の一部を見ることができました。

どんな形でどんな模様なのかな?お城の屋根や壁はどうなっているのかな?窓はどんな形をしているのかな?どこが大きくて,どこが小さいのかな?どんな形が隣り合っているのかな?

子どもたちはお城がよく見える,芝生のところに座りました。そして白い画用紙と画板を受け取りました。少しお城の様子を観察してから,1色のクレパスで描き始めました。自分のクレパスを使いましたよ。黒色,こげ茶色,茶色,灰色の中から1色好きな色を選びました。

最初はお城の下にある石垣を描き,どんどん上の方へと描き進めました。曲がった三角形,長い長方形,ランダムなブロック,縦縞,波線など…たくさんの形がありました。描くのは少し難しかったですが,みんな自分のお城を表現しようと一生懸命頑張っていましたよ。

個性あふれる作品はどれも素晴らしいものになりました。同じものはないですが,どれも桃山城に見えますよ!

子どもたちは明日から絵の具で色を塗り,お城を仕上げていきます。桃山城の絵が完成するのがとても楽しみです!!!

Mark先生より)