by taswann | Apr 10, 2013 | Previous Posts, Projects
“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” – Vincent Van Gogh Road with Cypress and Star by Van Gogh inspired our project today. We started our session learning about the fascinating life of Vincent Van Gogh, one of the...
by taswann | Apr 9, 2013 | Previous Posts, Projects
“The woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those who sang the best.” – John James Audubon We started off our Spring Session at Humbercrest Public School with a colourful peacock drawing inspired by the artist, John James Audubon. The students really...
by taswann | Mar 21, 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’Keefe Georgia O’Keefe is a famous American painter most known for her beautiful paintings of...
by taswann | Mar 21, 2013 | Previous Posts, Projects
“With an apple I will astonish Paris.” – Paul Cezanne Paul Cezanne inspired our students to do a still life study with pears. We had beautiful ripe forelle pears for the students to observe and used old encyclopedia pages with yellow, orange and...
by taswann | Mar 3, 2013 | Previous Posts, Projects
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” – Pablo Picasso For this Picasso project we explored printmaking. During his career, Picasso explored many forms of printmaking including: engraving, etching, drypoint, aquatint,...
