Hawes Down Infant School, Kent

6 and 7 year-olds

The whole school took part in a week-long project, which started with an assembly to introduce the picture and to tell the story behind it before the children began work in their classes.

The ink and wash fish pictures were created by 6 and 7 year-olds after close observation of fish in a science lesson. The children examined the fish with magnifying glasses, before dissecting them and inspecting their gills and scales. In their drawings they paid particular attention to shape and pattern. They also explored the different effects of light on their colour.

Josephine Mathews (Head of Art)

© Hawes Down Infant School, Kent. Photo: The National Gallery, London.