by taswann | Oct 26, 2019 | Previous Posts, Projects
This week Art in Action students are getting into the Halloween “mood.” Mood refers to the feeling created in the artwork. The use of the elements and principles of design affect mood in a painting. The lines, colours, shapes, values and textures in the...
by taswann | Oct 26, 2019 | Previous Posts, Projects, Uncategorized
“I find myself often curious about the story of the building: who built it and why; the many people who have lived or worked in the building; how the landscape may have changed around the structure over the course of years. I find that the curiosity I have about...
by taswann | Oct 20, 2019 | Previous Posts, Projects
“Whoever wants to know something about me ought to look carefully at my pictures and try to see in them what I am and what I want to do.” – Gustav Klimt This week, Art in Action was inspired by Gustav Klimt’s birch tree masterpieces: Gustav...
by taswann | Oct 14, 2019 | Previous Posts, Projects, Uncategorized
“All the good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.” -Grant Wood Fall Plowing, painted in 1931 by Grant Wood This week we looked at some of the artwork by Grant Wood . Grant Wood was born in 1891 in Iowa. He and his three brothers lived on a farm...
by taswann | Oct 3, 2019 | 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 Our new brand new fall session began this week with inspiration from Georgia O’Keeffe . She was born on November 15, 1887 in Sun...
