Fire Fire!

We have been learning about theGreat Fire of London in 1666. We learnt that the fire started in a bakers shop in Pudding Lane. It spread quickly because many buildings were built from wood and thatch. The roads were narrow and the houses were very close together. The strong wind helped the fire to spread.

We know about the fire because some people like the famous Samuel Pepys wrote eye witness accounts. Other people painted pictures of what they saw.

    We painted our own fire pictures. We looked at the shapes and colours used by artists in their compositions of fire. We experimented with different types of paint. We mixed warm shades using watercolour paint and made a wash for the background. Then we used acrylic paint to build up layers of paint to create the flames.