by taswann | Feb 13, 2018 | 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 This week we have been celebrating the life and career of legendary painter, Norval Morrisseau. Students used a...
by taswann | Feb 9, 2018 | Previous Posts, Projects
“ I wanted to know I could achieve any effect that I could imagine. I wanted complete expressive freedom…” – David Langevin David Langevin currently lives and paints in Kamloops, British Columbia. He was born in the Eastern Townships of Quebec and began drawing...
by taswann | Feb 6, 2018 | Previous Posts, Projects
This afternoon we had the pleasure of working with the students of Mr. Cunneen’s class at Blessed Sacrament. We learned about the author and illustrator, Cressida Cowell who created, the How to Train Your Dragon book series. Students used sharpies to draw their...
by taswann | Feb 6, 2018 | Previous Posts, Projects
“It is necessary that… we should believe that we are as capable of producing great art as we believe we are capable of doing great deeds….” – Arthur Lismer Today at Blessed Sacrament we were inspired by the Group of Seven artist, Arthur Lismer to...
by taswann | Feb 1, 2018 | Previous Posts, Projects
This morning we had the pleasure of visiting Fern Avenue Public School. We spent some time with Mrs. Nitsis’s grade 1/2 class and presented Canadian artist, Lawren Harris. The students learned about his life and career and his time as a member of the Group of...
by taswann | Jan 30, 2018 | Previous Posts, Projects
“It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw.” – Emily Carr In our class today at Blessed Sacrament Catholic School we were inspired by the Canadian artist, Emily Carr. We used chalk pastel, oil pastel and acrylic paint to create our own pieces...
