Showing posts with label portrait. Show all posts
Showing posts with label portrait. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
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, December 4, 2015
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Monochromatic Self Portraits
What do these images have in common?
They are MONOCHROMATIC!
Mono=One
Chroma=Color
Your challenge: Draw a Self Portrait using just one color! You may use different shades of the color and various art media, including colored pencils, crayons and markers. Think of ways to show how unique you are!
Here are some famous Self Portraits to inspire you!
Here are our monochromatic self portraits!
Friday, January 23, 2015
Picasso Face Collages
Picasso Portraits by Grades Three and Four:
Third and fourth grade artists were inspired by Picasso's crazy faces. In the cubist style, Picasso showed multiple views of a face, often showing both a profile and front view in one.
Click here to see how Picasso's portrait painting style developed from this:
to this:
This progression shows that Picasso was a very talented artist who knew the "rules" of art, then chose to "break the rules."
Make your own Picasso Face online at www.mrpicassohead.com
Click here to see some Mr. Picasso Head creations by third and fourth graders
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Mona Lisa Parodies
Fifth and sixth grade artists created original parodies of the World's Most Famous Painting, the Mona Lisa. What similarities can you see between the original and these parodies?
What do you know about the Mona Lisa? Click here to read "50 Fantastic Facts about the Mona Lisa!"
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