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Landscapes Inspired by Tom Thomson
Tom Thomson was born August 5th, 1877 in Claremont Ontario. He was the sixth of ten children. Although he was always interested in the arts, he did not devote his career to painting until he was 30. In 1904, while working as a draftsman he met members of the Group of Seven. Although Thomson was closely […]
Birch Trees at the Swansea and Humbercrest Craft Sales
This holiday season we participated at two of our schools craft fairs, Swansea Public School and Humbercrest Public School. We had many visitors to our booth and participants created some gorgeous birch tree winter landscapes. I love the colours!
Nefertiti Inspired Silhouettes
Nefertiti was an Egyptian queen and the Great Royal Wife of Akhenaten and Egyptian Pharaoh. With her husband she reigned at what was arguably the wealthiest period of Ancient Egyptian history. We were inspired by the bust of Nefertiti, presently exhibited at the Neues Museum in Berlin, Germany. Students used a combination of chalk […]
Inukshuk’s Inspired by Ted Harrison
“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 Before the Christmas holidays we were invited into the JK/SK classrooms at Runnymede Public School to do a special project inspired by the Canadian artist, Ted Harrison. […]
Night Time Mountain Range Inspired by Doris McCarthy
Doris McCarthy was born on July 7th, 1910 in Calgary and moved to Toronto in 1913. She is a landscape artist best known for her depictions of Arctic icebergs. McCarthy attended the Ontario College of Art from 1926 to 1930. Among her teachers were members of the Group of Seven: Arthur Lismer, A.Y. Jackson, J.E.H. MacDonald and […]
Abstract Exercise
Abstract art is a form of modern and postmodern art that focuses on the power of each individual work to express compositions in a new way. Creative work in this style is usually non-representational, the artist’s forms may vary from a small degree of inaccurate representation of images to total abstraction. Our classrooms were filled […]
The Legend of St. George and the Dragon
We travelled back in time to the Middle ages and learned about the Legend of St. George and the Dragon. Students drew their own dragons and then used balloon pumps to create the fire that spreads across the castle. Laughter filled our classrooms during this class…
The Group of Seven
“It’s probably hard for anyone looking at my landscapes today to realize that I was once regarded as a rebel, a dangerous influence; that I’ve been told I was on the verge of insanity, that my painting was nothing but meaningless daubs. Lawren Harris, the man most responsible for drawing the Group of Seven together, […]
Gothic Window Halloween Scene
Gothic Art is concerned with the painting, sculpture and architecture that flourished in western and central Europe during the Middle Ages. In the years between 1100 and 1600, architecture was the most important and original art form. We framed our artwork with a Gothic window frame and made a spooky scene filled with ghosts and […]
Ming Vases
The Ming Dynasty existed from 1368 – 1644 and during this time the Imperial porcelain factory was established in Jingdezhen, China. Dishes were manufactured for use in the imperial court and were marked by the reign mark of the emperor himself. During this time special decorative innovations were made and the famous blue underglaze was […]