by taswann | Nov 22, 2012 | Previous Posts, Projects
“Everything starts from a dot.” – Wassily Kandinsky Kandinsky was one of the first artists to create completely abstract (non-representational) art. Due to his special ability to hear colours (called synaesthesia cognate) his pieces made no reference...
by taswann | Nov 14, 2012 | Previous Posts, Projects
“I work with nature, although in completely new terms.” – Bridget Riley Optical art is a style of visual art that makes use of optical illusions. The artist, Bridget Riley was our inspiration today. We had fun looking at her op art creations and...
by taswann | Nov 8, 2012 | Previous Posts, Projects
“There is no must in art because art if free.” – Wassily Kandinsky The inspiration for our piece today was the artist, Wassily Kandinsky. We spent some time looking through his work and were inspired by his art that focussed on circles. Our...
by taswann | Nov 8, 2012 | Previous Posts, Projects
“A line is a dot that went for a walk.” – Paul Klee Our grade 1 – 3 class became the architect’s of their own castles this week. We spoke about the Swiss artist, Paul Klee and studied his many paintings. A few favourites included: Red...
by taswann | Oct 29, 2012 | Previous Posts, Projects
“I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.” – Vincent Van Gogh It was a wet and windy day today but we brightened up the classroom with sunny still-life paintings in the style of Vincent Van Gogh. We looked at examples of his work from his...
