--- title: "Year 5 Art - Using Watercolours to Create Backgrounds" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-03-26-year-5-art-using-watercolours-to-create-backgrounds" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Year 5 Art - Using Watercolours to Create Backgrounds ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/61d731bc-636e-48a8-85ab-199e3b2eedad.jpg) 26 March 2025 ![](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/images/news/61d731bc-636e-48a8-85ab-199e3b2eedad.jpg) Year 5's Art class this week focused on watercolour techniques, preparing backgrounds for their poetry monotype prints. Students crafted their own sketchbooks, which they then used to experiment with watercolour washes and textures, setting the stage for their upcoming printing project. [Year 5](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/year-5) [Art and Design](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/art-and-design) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Collage_2025-03-25_15_28_10.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-03-25-nursery-literacy-learning-new-vocabulary-linked-to-our-story) Previous ### [Nursery - Literacy - Learning New Vocabulary Linked To Our Story](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-03-25-nursery-literacy-learning-new-vocabulary-linked-to-our-story) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Collage_2025-03-27_11_08_28.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-03-27-year-2-english-persuasive-writing) Next ### [Year 2 - English - Persuasive Writing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-03-27-year-2-english-persuasive-writing) ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/events) - [Clubs](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)