by taswann | Feb 6, 2013 | Previous Posts, Projects
“I found I could say things with colour and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.” – Georgia O’Keeffe We were inspired by the great American artist, Georgia O’Keeffe and her painting, Ladder to...
by taswann | Feb 5, 2013 | Previous Posts, Projects
“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” – Vincent Van Gogh Today we introduced a new drawing medium to our class; charcoal. Vincent Van Gogh was our inspiration as he used charcoal for many of his preliminary sketches for...
by taswann | Feb 5, 2013 | Previous Posts, Projects
“Are we to paint what’s on the face, what’s inside the face, or what’s behind it?” – Pablo Picasso Our lesson today was inspired by the line drawing by Pablo Picasso of Francoise Gilot, the mother of two of his children. We focussed...
by taswann | Feb 4, 2013 | Previous Posts, Uncategorized
“One curator said he didn’t want my work in his gallery because it was so simple even children understood it. I thought, what a wonderful tribute!” -Ted Harrison Ted Harrison is a Canadian artist who is famous for his unique paintings of Northern Canadian...
by taswann | Jan 24, 2013 | Previous Posts, Projects
“I want to make paintings full of colour, laughter, compassion and love. I want to make paintings that will make people happy.” -Norval Morrisseau We started off our new winter session at Humbercrest Public School with a Polar Bear project. We were inspired by the...
by taswann | Jan 24, 2013 | Previous Posts, Projects
The penguin’s joined in to celebrate at a birthday party this past weekend. We got busy with liquid watercolours and plastic wrap to make our icy background. We then used sponges and acrylic paint to make our icebergs and finished with potato stamps to make our...
