by taswann | Mar 5, 2019 | Previous Posts, Projects
“My hope is that the objects I paint have the kind of intensity about them that incites the viewer to introspection.” -Christopher Pratt Christopher Pratt was born on December 9th, 1935. He is a Canadian painter and printmaker. Christopher Pratt currently lives and...
by taswann | Feb 24, 2019 | Previous Posts, Projects
“The real function of the artist is to give fresh vision to their own generation.” -Doris McCarthy Art in Action embraced the ice and cold this week by staying in our warm classrooms and learning about one of Canada’s celebrated artists, Doris McCarthy. She...
by taswann | Feb 10, 2019 | Previous Posts, Projects
As Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, we took a look at the history of Valentine’s Day which began in Rome when the Emperor, Claudius 2nd or “Claudius the Cruel” believed that wives and children were too much of a distraction and that they made men...
by taswann | Feb 3, 2019 | Previous Posts, Projects
This week, students were very excited to learn about author and illustrator, Cressida Cowell who created the How to Train Your Dragon book series. Some of our students were a little amazed when they found out about Cressida Cowell’s childhood…...
by taswann | Jan 26, 2019 | Previous Posts, Projects
“A line is a dot going for a walk.” – Paul Klee This week students were given a variety of art materials including: oil pastel, watercoulour and Acrylic paint to play and build geometric shapes in the style of Paul Klee (pronounced “Clay”). We looked at...
