3D HANDS

                                                                           

                        With 4th grade students we draw our own 3D hands
         The illusion of volumen is great, especially from a distance.

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.

PAINTING AS POLLOCK

JACKSON POLLOCK (1912-1956)

He was an expressionist, abstract american artist.

He was known for his ACTION PAINTING

He didn't paint using brush strokes, but he poured and

splattered paint on big canvas which he laied on the floor.

We painted as Pollock with students in 3r, and it was great fun. 

COLOUR THEORY. 3rd ESO

Christmas Ornaments. 5è primària

To make this Christmas tree ornament, the students started by cutting 20 colored circles of 6 cm diameter. Then they cut different patterned triangles and some pictures of their families and they glued them to each circle.

The next step was to fold each circle into a triangle, creating three sides. Then, they glued the side of one with the side of another in groupings of five, making 2 “hats”.

Afterwards, they added 10 circles in one “hat” by gluing the folding edges together. Next, they glued the other “hat” to the other side.

The final step was to thread a ribbon through a hole at the top of the ornament.

Now, it’s ready to be hung in your tree!

Patterns and dots. Snakes. 5è de primària

The students painted a snake using cotton buds. Firstly, they painted a large black snake curling around a paper, previously painted with rust paint. Then, they printed lines of ochre and brown dots on the snake. The last part consisted of adding white dots around the outline of the snake and printing black and white flowers on the background.

Do you like them?

TRENDY MONA LISA. 1st ESO

Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa in 1503.  The tecnique is oil on poplar, and the dimensions are 77cmx53cm.  The style of the painting is sfumato, without outlines or borders.

You can see the painting at the Louvre Museum, in Paris.

What do you thing about her?

• What does she look like?
• What is she wearing?
• What can you see in the background?
• Where is she looking to?
• Which colours has the artist been using?
• What do you think she is thinking about?
• How old could she be?

Now it's your chance to draw and paint your own Mona Lisa.  Try to represent a 21st Century Woman, original and up-to-dated.

Material required:

• A3 cardboard
• Pencil, eraser
• Coloured pencils or felt-tipped-pens