HUNDERTWASSER: A COLOURFUL ARTIST. 3st ESO

In Art History, many artists have used colours as one of their main issues, especially Impressionists.  They thought that colours could express any emotion, and they painted using colours and all their strengh.

Hundertwasser (1928-2000) is an  Austrian artist who developed his work in different areas, such as architecture, design, clothing or painting.  He always used bright colours in his compositions, creating an special athmosphere in all his artworks.

Here you can see the Hundertwasserhaus, in Viena.  You can appreciate its sinuous shapes and bright colours, as if it was designed and painted by a child.

 

More examples:

 

Many paintings:

He also developed his own philosophy of life: he thought that life should be in harmony with nature and the individual creativity.  He named it "Five Skins Theory".

ACTIVITY

1.     In groups of two, search for some information about the Austrian artist Hundertwasser.  You should make a “prezi” containing the next information:

a.    Biography: interesting facts about his life.

b.    Oeuvre:  different areas in which he worked, characteristics of his artwork, how he used colours...

c.    Philosophy: try to explain the “5 Skins Theory”.

d.    You can add some pictures.

2.    Individually, choose one of his paintings and try to reinterpret it.  Use an A3 cardboard.  Draw it using pencil, and colour it with paintings.

COLOUR THEORY. 3rd ESO

COLOR THEORY LESSONS. 1st ESO

Here we are again!

It's time to start talking about Color. We only have 3 weeks before the end of the school year!

The first thing we're going to do is take a look at this power point about color:

Colour from Dolors Cubí

You'll find some exercises about color in The Artist's Toolkit: Primary and Secondary colors.

Artyfactory is a very interesting Art webpage full of information. Please, read the lesson Color terms 1.

ACTIVITIES

1. Mixing colors: In an A4 carbdoard, use your compass to draw 9 circles in 3 lines.  Paint 2 circles in every line with 2 Primary Colors (for example blue and magenta), and the third circle with their mixture.  It must be something like this:
   
2. Build a Chromatic Triangle:
   
3. Painting like Frank Stella:

Frank Stella is an American painter and printmaker.  He was born in Massachusetts in 1936.  In the 1960's he painted some series of abstract printings using geometric shapes and a great amount of colors.

Frank Stella, 1962 - Gran Cairo

Frank Stella, 1967 - Harran II

 

Frank Stella, 1966 - Untitled

 

Frank Stella, 1968 - Agbatana II

Frank Stella, 1929 - Tahkt-I-Sulayman Variation II

 

 You can find more information about him and his artwork in

• Artnet 
• The Guggenheim Museum
• Enseñ-Arte

My suggestion for you is to create an artwork simulating Stella.  So it is: using geometric shapes and a wide range of colors.

COMPLEMENTARY COLOURS. 1st ESO

In 1st ESO we've been talking about Complementary Colours. Here you can see some slides about it.

Complementary colours

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You can also find some activities about Complementary Colours in The Artist's Toolkit.

The main activity we've done is painting an artwork as André Derain did. Derain (1880-1954) was a French painter. He was one of the founding fathers of Fauvism, and one of its wildest practitioners. Influenced by Van Gogh in 1904 he felt that the impressionists had disintegrated their work into dots excessively. Instead, he chose to use wide, choppy brush strokes of pure color. In 1905, he worked with Matisse to bring the technique to maturity. He painted "Boats at Collioure's harbour" in 1905.

And now... our creations!

COLOUR. 1st ESO

Colour

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Students practising with colours. They worked inspired by Robert and Sonia Delaunay's artwork, only using primary colours, black and white, and their mixtures.

Robert Delaunay - Joie de vivre

Robert Delaunay - Rythme 1

And this is the result of their inspiration: