by taswann | Jan 7, 2013 | Previous Posts, Uncategorized
We are so excited to be starting 2013 in a new school, Swansea Public School! We can’t wait to introduce our winter session and start working with watercolours, acrylic paint, printing inks, charcoal and many other materials. Some of the artists we will learn...
by taswann | Dec 14, 2012 | Previous Posts, Uncategorized
We really got into the Christmas spirit this week as we captured the beauty of a decorated tree at night. All of our students worked really hard on their watercolour paper decorations and while we waited for the paint to dry they got to work on their pine boughs with...
by taswann | Nov 23, 2012 | Previous Posts, Projects
“Simple, I don’t like the word simple. I like easy better. I want to forget about the technique. I sweat and worry but I don’t want it look like that; but you can’t separate the artist and his technique.” – Ellsworth Kelly The American painter,...
by taswann | Nov 22, 2012 | Previous Posts, Projects
“Everything starts from a dot.” – Wassily Kandinsky Kandinsky was one of the first artists to create completely abstract (non-representational) art. Due to his special ability to hear colours (called synaesthesia cognate) his pieces made no reference...
by taswann | Nov 14, 2012 | Previous Posts, Projects
“I work with nature, although in completely new terms.” – Bridget Riley Optical art is a style of visual art that makes use of optical illusions. The artist, Bridget Riley was our inspiration today. We had fun looking at her op art creations and...
by taswann | Nov 14, 2012 | Previous Posts, Projects
“Trees love to toss and sway; they make such happy noises.” – Emily Carr This week our grade 1 – 3 group tried our Emily Carr landscape project. The students enjoyed learning about her love for the outdoors and admired the way she captured the...
