In year 4 art, we have been responding to the painting Surprised! By Henri Rousseau as part of the National Gallery's Take One Picture project. We discussed the painting in detail thinking about what we could see, hear, feel and smell.
We were most interested in the plants, grass and trees that fill the painting and camouflage the tiger. We noticed many stripes and repeated patterns which made us think about printmaking. We drew from photographs rainforest plants and planned how we will print them next lesson in three colour stages. The detail noticed is amazing. Well done year 4!
Surprised! Henri Rousseau
