Showing posts with label pattern. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pattern. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Squeegee Paintings
Make sure to scroll through all of the photos of these incredible squeegee paintings!
Friday, January 13, 2017
Portraits Inspired by Sandra Silberzweig
Sandra Silberzweig is a contemporary artist from Toronto. She has a condition called synesthesia, which is a crossing of the senses. This means that she may "hear" colors or "see" music.
Here is a poem she wrote called "When you are a synesthesia goddess ...... your day dreams are always in color"
I am a synesthesia goddess
I have no fear of color
It lives in my soul, dances in my heart
Spills out of my fingers flowing down a canvas
I can see your aura
Taste the color black
Feel the chill of the green wind
Smell blue butterflies
Hear the yellow rain
Life is never boring when inspiration is always around
Click here to read more about Sandra Silberzweig, the work she has done to share her experience with synesthesia and how she has turned this condition into a driving force for her creative work.
Silberzweig's paintings are bold, colorful and imaginative. She primarily paints stylized, patterned-filled portraits.
Third and fourth grade artists looked at examples of Silberzweig's artwork, then created portraits inspired by her unique style. We used chalk pastel and oil pastel and focused on choosing warm and cool color combinations and creating patterns.
Friday, February 12, 2016
Kindergarten Heart Printmaking
Kindergartners made heart prints for Valentine's Day. We used styrofoam printing paper and printing ink. Here are the steps:
1. Draw a heart on the styrofoam and decorate it using ball point pen.
2. Cut it out
3. Roll ink on the stamp using a brayer
4. Press down to print on white paper
5. Peel to reveal your print
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Circus Animals inspired by Brian Wildsmith... in progress
First and second grade artists are gearing up for our Artist-in-Residence, Troy Wunderlee from the Ringling Brothers Circus. We looked at the beautiful illustrations in Brian Wildsmith's book "Circus." These paintings show richly textured animals and colorful patterns and designs. We discussed the difference between texture, pattern and design.
First and second grade artists tried to capture the texture of animal fur of skin using finger paint and cardboard scrapers. Next we decorated saddles or costumes in the style of Wildsmith's paintings.
Circus animals by first and second grade artists:
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Repetition in Art
What is repetition, pattern, and rhythm? How do they relate to each other?
Repetition refers to one object or shape repeated; pattern is a combination of elements or shapes repeated in a recurring and regular arrangement; rhythm--is a combination of elements repeated, but with variations.
Click here for another resource about REPETITION
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