Matariki

Matariki is the Maori name for the star cluster known as the Pleiades. Matariki is a traditionally for Maori when it appeared just before dawn in late May or early June, it signalled the Maori New Year. For some tribes. the rising of Puanga (Rigel in Orion) signals the start of the New Year. 

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Digital Art

Last week we tried digital art and made an artwork using sumo paint. This shows how well we can use the internet to draw with Sumo-paint. When we started we had to find an artwork to get ideas from it and then we had to open a new tab with Sumo-paint. 

Before we started drawing we had to look for the right online tools to use so our artwork can look fantastic. When I started I thought that it didn't look right for me so I started again on a new one.I had to start with the big curls then the little ones in the middle. Next I drew some zig zags in the inside of the big curls and the big curls. It reminds of the Maori patterns you see in meeting houses.