Today in class we focused on line and colour, and more specifically a few artists that are famous for their work using the two. The artists that we focused on were Van Gough, Picasso, Matisse and Mondrian. After learning about and viewing these artists work, we were instructed to chose two artists whose technique we admired the most and create our own art using their famous techniques. For this lesson, we were instructed to create a face using the two art techniques, by separating the face into cool and warm colours. For my two artists, I chose Mondrian and Picasso. I chose to mimic the box like style of Mondrian by separating half of the face into different size boxes, creating different features of the face using cool colours. For the other side of the face I used warm colours and chose to use Picassos style of blending in multiple colours at once. For this activity we were provided with pastels as our medium. Pastels are one of the materials that I always disliked as a child because they are very messy and smudge very easily which was frustrating to me because it’s difficult to stay within lines or draw straight. I was definitely frustrated a few times throughout the activity as I tried to make things blend nicely or stay within a certain shape while colouring in my squares and the pastel smudged quite a bit. When I was colouring in Picassos technique, the pastels were the perfect medium as they were meant to smudge and blend without looking perfect which was beneficial to me and my final finished product.After we completed our faces, I decided to cut mine out and place it on a black sheet of paper, which increased the vibrance and colour of my art piece. I do not identify as an artist but was quite content with my finished work. In comparison to the other lessons we had completed, this lesson was much simpler and straightforward as it was the only activity we completed for the day, instead of the typical 2-3 we were making previously. I enjoyed this class a lot more than the others as I felt that I had more time to work on my art and take the time to make it look moderately appealing. The other lessons were much more stressful as we had to work quickly to finish one product before the next one came along. This is still a lesson that I would implement in a classroom as it is a great way of learning about a artists style and technique without completely copying a famous painting and allows for the students to create their own interpretation of the art. As we learned in class, it is very important to not directly copy an artists work as it is not creative or teaching any specific skill. Instead, show your students the style and art examples and then allow them to create their own unique art using the technique that the artist uses. This will teach the students to create their own art instead of copying one from a book or online like a lot of schools promote unfortunately.
Today in class we focused on line and colour, and more specifically a few artists that are famous for their work using the two. The artists that we focused on were Van Gough, Picasso, Matisse and Mondrian. After learning about and viewing these artists work, we were instructed to chose two artists whose technique we admired the most and create our own art using their famous techniques. For this lesson, we were instructed to create a face using the two art techniques, by separating the face into cool and warm colours. For my two artists, I chose Mondrian and Picasso. I chose to mimic the box like style of Mondrian by separating half of the face into different size boxes, creating different features of the face using cool colours. For the other side of the face I used warm colours and chose to use Picassos style of blending in multiple colours at once. For this activity we were provided with pastels as our medium. Pastels are one of the materials that I always disliked as a child because they are very messy and smudge very easily which was frustrating to me because it’s difficult to stay within lines or draw straight. I was definitely frustrated a few times throughout the activity as I tried to make things blend nicely or stay within a certain shape while colouring in my squares and the pastel smudged quite a bit. When I was colouring in Picassos technique, the pastels were the perfect medium as they were meant to smudge and blend without looking perfect which was beneficial to me and my final finished product. After we completed our faces, I decided to cut mine out and place it on a black sheet of paper, which increased the vibrance and colour of my art piece. I do not identify as an artist but was quite content with my finished work. In comparison to the other lessons we had completed, this lesson was much simpler and straightforward as it was the only activity we completed for the day, instead of the typical 2-3 we were making previously. I enjoyed this class a lot more than the others as I felt that I had more time to work on my art and take the time to make it look moderately appealing. The other lessons were much more stressful as we had to work quickly to finish one product before the next one came along. This is still a lesson that I would implement in a classroom as it is a great way of learning about a artists style and technique without completely copying a famous painting and allows for the students to create their own interpretation of the art. As we learned in class, it is very important to not directly copy an artists work as it is not creative or teaching any specific skill. Instead, show your students the style and art examples and then allow them to create their own unique art using the technique that the artist uses. This will teach the students to create their own art instead of copying one from a book or online like a lot of schools promote unfortunately.
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