Weather Station Running!

Here is our brand new weather station. The plastic box houses the sensor, microcontroller and USB connector (for power). This photo shows us testing the weather station. Here, the weather station is connected up in the shed. Now, we can monitor the weather. The flow lets us know what the weather station is publishing, on … Read more

Painting Like Vincent: Part Two

First, we watched a video which showed us how to mix oil paints: we spread the first colour downwards until there is a finger space-sized gap between the colours we want to mix, next we spread the second colour upwards. Then, I mixed the greens for the cucumber, except for the seed colour. Next, using … Read more

Painting Like Vincent: Part One

Vincent was a post-impressionist painter meaning he painted objects and gave you a feel of how it looked. He used oil paint. Unlike Monet, Vincent didn’t use colours you would expect: he loved bright colours. He also had a little brother called Theo. Today, I made a practice sketch of my picture. My sketch was … Read more