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AY Jackson inspired Snowy Mountains
For this wintry scene we were inspired by Canadian founding Group of Seven member, A.Y Jackson’s painting Aurora. Alexander Young Jackson was born on October 3, 1882 in Montreal, Quebec. He was a founding member of the Group of Seven. The Group of Seven was a group of Canadian landscape painters who believed that a style of distinctly Canadian […]
Holiday Session begins with inspiration from The Grinch!
Theodor Seuss Geisel, predominantly known to the world as Dr. Seuss was our inspiration this week for the start of our Holiday Session. Thoedore “Ted” Seuss was born in 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He enjoyed a happy childhood and his mother, Henrietta often soothed Ted and his sister Marnie to sleep by singing rhymes. Ted […]
Swansea Craft Fair
Art in Action had a wonderful time at the Swansea Craft Fair. We had many young artist come and visit us on the stage at Swansea today to make their own pieces of winter art. Take a look at a few examples… Great job to all the artists who participated – and a big THANK […]
Winter Cypress Tree Landscape inspired by Van Gogh
“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” – Vincent van Gogh Road with Cypress and Star by Vincent van Gogh inspired our project today but with a winter theme. We started our session learning about the fascinating life of Vincent van Gogh, one of the most famous painters in modern art. Van […]
Veil Paintings inspired by Damien Hirst
‘‘A veil is a barrier, a curtain between two things, something that you can look at and pass through, it’s solid yet invisible and reveals and yet obscures the truth, the thing that we are searching for.’’ —Damien Hirst Damien Hirst, born June 7, 1965 is a British artist, entrepreneur, and art collector. Hirst’s work has […]
Remembrance Day Poppies inspired by Andy Warhol
This week Art in Action students reflected on Remembrance Day, sometimes called Armistice Day, to remember those who died in military service, and honour those who served in wartime. Remembrance day is observed across Canada each year on 11 November — the anniversary of the Armistice agreement of 1918 that ended the First World […]
Spooky Trees for Halloween…
This week Art in Action students are getting into the Halloween “mood.” Mood refers to the feeling created in the artwork. The use of the elements and principles of design affect mood in a painting. The lines, colours, shapes, values and textures in the work and how they are organized through harmony, variety, balance, emphasis […]
Pumpkin Patch with Barn – Inspired by Peter Batchelder
“I find myself often curious about the story of the building: who built it and why; the many people who have lived or worked in the building; how the landscape may have changed around the structure over the course of years. I find that the curiosity I have about the building intertwines with the creative […]
Fall Birch Trees – Inspired by Gustav Klimt
“Whoever wants to know something about me ought to look carefully at my pictures and try to see in them what I am and what I want to do.” – Gustav Klimt This week, Art in Action was inspired by Gustav Klimt’s birch tree masterpieces: Gustav Klimt , Farmhouse with Birch Trees painted in 1903 and Gustav Klimt Fir […]
Fall Landscape inspired by Grant Wood
“All the good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.” -Grant Wood Fall Plowing, painted in 1931 by Grant Wood This week we looked at some of the artwork by Grant Wood . Grant Wood was born in 1891 in Iowa. He and his three brothers lived on a […]