by taswann | Jun 5, 2012 | Previous Posts, Projects
“Art is a line around your thoughts.” Gustav Klimt We turned our classroom into a printing shop on Monday. We used brayers and printing ink on carved foam and worked on our ‘own’ Tree of Life masterpieces inspired by Gustav Klimt. The students experimented...
by taswann | May 30, 2012 | Previous Posts, Projects
Art in Action was invited to create a waterfall project for a recent birthday party. We used good quality watercolour paper, acrylic paints and oil pastels. Here is what we came up with: The birthday party was a blast and the kids did a great job capturing the essence...
by taswann | May 29, 2012 | Previous Posts, Projects
“I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.” Jackson Pollock At our last session at Humbercrest we looked at the process of painting like Jackson Pollock. He is most famous for the paintings produced...
by taswann | May 7, 2012 | Previous Posts, Projects
“I have been in love with painting ever since I became conscious of it at the age of six.” Katsushika Hokusai Today we were very busy creating our own renditions of the famous woodblock print, The Great Wave, by Hokusai. Salt and watercolours were used for the...
by taswann | Apr 24, 2012 | Previous Posts, Projects
“I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.” Georgia O’Keefe The work of Georgia O’Keefe was the inspiration for our large, abstract flowers. It was a great way to distract us from the wet, chilly, soggy day...
