In year 2 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.
The children were particularly interested in what the tiger could be looking at. This started another discussion about what other animals, birds and insects could be nearby- perhaps camouflaged.
From photographs, we drew the other creatures using sketching pencils.
