Michelangelo Masterpieces!

Today we learned about Michelangelo and how he painted the Sistene Chapel. We looked at some beautiful pictures of the chapel's ceiling and considered how Michelangelo might have painted it. We discovered that he constructed scaffolding and painted the ceiling lying on his back.

Source: DGW Photography

Then we tried to make some masterpieces of our own... whilst lying on our backs and painting on paper above us! It was very tricky and lots of fun.

Here are some of the finished pieces- very impressive when you consider that they were created upside down!