Showing posts with label landscape. Show all posts
Showing posts with label landscape. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Chalk Pastel Landscapes inspired by Wolf Kahn
"The
horizon, though in actuality a dividing line, must become, in a
painting, a place where sky and land meet and mesh and become seamless."
It's stick season in Vermont. It's cold and dark and gray. However, the work of artist Wolf Kahn reminds me that there is beauty and color in the forest all year long.
Wolf
Kahn's artwork makes me feel calm and centered. If I can't go out for a
walk in the woods, looking at his paintings and pastels of forest and
mountain landscapes is the next best thing. Although Kahn primarily
lives and works in New York City, when looking at his work it is obvious
that he also spends time in Vermont. Kahn has a part-time residence in
Brattleboro!
Wolf
Kahn is a German-born artist who combines realism with an art style
called "color field." Color field painting is when the color is the
main subject of the piece of artwork.
First
and second graders looked at examples of Wolf Kahn's trees and
landscapes. We used chalk pastels to create color field backgrounds,
then add trees and other landscape elements.
Here
are some examples of first and second grade art inspired by Wolf Kahn.
In addition to the peaceful subject matter of these landscapes, many
students noticed the effect that blending the chalk pastels had on them.
Don't you feel calmer already?
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
One Point Perspective
What is One Point Perspective?
We looked at some examples of artwork to try to answer this question.
We identified that One Point Perspective means:
Objects are smaller as their distance from the viewer increases.
There is a horizon line, which is as far as the eye can see
There is a vanishing point, a point on the horizon where all lines converge and disappear.
We used this great tutorial from smART Class to help lay out our One Point Perspective drawings. Students could choose any location that shows One Point Perspective, but as often is the case, many chose to follow the example.
We looked at some examples of artwork to try to answer this question.
Objects are smaller as their distance from the viewer increases.
There is a horizon line, which is as far as the eye can see
There is a vanishing point, a point on the horizon where all lines converge and disappear.
Friday, November 20, 2015
Fill-in-the-Blank Landscapes
Fifth and sixth grade artists are wrapping up one of my favorite art
lessons. They created beautiful Fill-in-the-Blank Landscape drawings
using only colored pencil. Students chose landscape photographs from
old calendars, then cut them into two inch strips. After the removed
every other strip from the photographs, they had to recreate the image
in the blank space. This lesson taught us a lot about color mixing, drawing what you see, not what you know and how to use colored pencils in a more advanced way than most students have before. The results are spectacular! 
Friday, October 2, 2015
Chalk Pastel Landscapes inspired by Wolf Kahn
"The horizon, though in actuality a dividing line, must become, in a painting, a place where sky and land meet and mesh and become seamless."
Wolf Kahn's artwork makes me feel calm and centered. If I can't go out for a walk in the woods, looking at his paintings and pastels of forest and mountain landscapes is the next best thing. Although Kahn primarily lives and works in New York City, when looking at his work it is obvious that he also spends time in Vermont. Kahn has a part-time residence in Brattleboro!
Wolf Kahn is a German-born artist who combines realism with an art style called "color field." Color field painting is when the color is the main subject of the piece of artwork.
First and second graders looked at examples of Wolf Kahn's trees and landscapes. We used chalk pastels to create color field backgrounds, then add trees and other landscape elements.
Here are some examples of first and second grade art inspired by Wolf Kahn. In addition to the peaceful subject matter of these landscapes, many students noticed the effect that blending the chalk pastels had on them. Don't you feel calmer already?
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