These energetic cheetahs are bounding through their African habitat, hoping to pounce on their prey.

First we painted the background, usinng watercolours. After drawing the cheetah we PRINTED their spots.  First we tried bubble wrap, but that wasn’t very successful as the spots were too blotchy…but we didn’t give up!  We redrew our cheetahs and this time we used LEGO to print their spots – this was ideal.  Their end results are stunning and I particularly like the shadowing that they created with chalk pastels.  This was a really enjoyable mixed media project.

The lesser Flamingo from Kenya can grow to three feet in height and live up to 50 years old.  The children created these fabulous flamingos using oil pastels and watercolour paints.  I particularly love the way that they used their white oil pastels to create ripples around the flamingo’s legs. Each flamingo looks like it has his/her own character!