by taswann | Feb 5, 2013 | Previous Posts, Projects
“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” – Vincent Van Gogh Today we introduced a new drawing medium to our class; charcoal. Vincent Van Gogh was our inspiration as he used charcoal for many of his preliminary sketches for...
by taswann | Feb 5, 2013 | Previous Posts, Projects
“Are we to paint what’s on the face, what’s inside the face, or what’s behind it?” – Pablo Picasso Our lesson today was inspired by the line drawing by Pablo Picasso of Francoise Gilot, the mother of two of his children. We focussed...
by taswann | Jan 24, 2013 | Previous Posts, Projects
“I want to make paintings full of colour, laughter, compassion and love. I want to make paintings that will make people happy.” -Norval Morrisseau We started off our new winter session at Humbercrest Public School with a Polar Bear project. We were inspired by the...
by taswann | Oct 23, 2012 | Previous Posts, Projects
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.” – Georgia O’Keeffe Georgia O’Keeffe’s work, Evening Star, inspired our session today. We used liquid...