Talofa. My class have been finding local Tonga and using colour to show they matter. This week we have been doing some native bird mosaics.
First we had to draw and colour a native bird of our choice. We did these in our reading books. Native birds are birds that only can be found in one country. We all did the native birds from New Zealand.
Then we had to dye the background using some green dye. We let it dry, then after it had finished drying we gently sketched the outline of our bird. We drew our bird from our reading book on to the green dyed background. Finally we ripped up pieces of magazine and we glued them inside the bird. If you were doing a Tui, you would have to incorporate the colours of the Tui.
I designed a Tui. The outline was really hard but I managed to do it. It was really hard because I had to find the right colours from the magazines that my teacher gave me. I loved doing these mosaics it was really cool to see what all the other kids had done. Everyone had done amazing. This art was so much fun! I think my Tui came out great and I incorporated all the rights colours into my art. I loved doing this. Have you ever done any mosaics before?
Do you like it? Have you done any art like this before?