by taswann | Oct 10, 2012 | Previous Posts, Projects
“I have to stay alone in order to fully contemplate and feel nature.” – Caspar Friedrich Our grade 1 -3 class learned about the artist, Caspar Friedrich, a German landscape painter. He is most famous for his work featuring contemplative figures...
by taswann | Oct 4, 2012 | Previous Posts, Projects
“Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.” – John W. Gardiner Zentangles filled our classroom and inspired our Grade 4 – 6 group to create abstract landscapes. The term zentangle is used to describe a way of creating beautiful images from...
by taswann | Oct 4, 2012 | Previous Posts, Projects
“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.” – Pablo Picasso Picasso was our inspiration with our Grade 1 – 3 group at Humbercrest Public School this week. We started with a brief overview of his career...
by taswann | Sep 19, 2012 | Previous Posts, Projects
I love this time of year. To me – this is the real new year, back to school and straight into fall. The leaves are starting to change, the weather is getting chillier and the pumpkins are ready to pick. At Art in Action we are very excited to introduce two new...
by taswann | Jun 14, 2012 | Previous Posts, Projects
“Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.” Andy Warhol During our last session at Humbercrest we explored the work of the iconic, Andy Warhol. We looked at his early commercial art and went through his career focussing on his ‘Pop Portraits’. Each student...
