The Ripple Effect
learning with and from each other
You are lost the instant you know what the result will be.
~ Juan Gris ~
Wednesday afternoons are filled with creativity, discovery and individuality. It’s our Art time! We have spent some time investigating portraits from both cubist and realistic view points. We started with cubism and looked at how facial features could be represented with abstract shapes. Picasso and Matisse provided many examples and discussion starters for our class. Using chalk pastels and our trusted Sharpies, students created abstract portraits that represented themselves in some way – physically or emotionally. Amazingly colourful and expressive images began to emerge. No two were alike, but they were all stunning.
Next we moved on to realistic portraits and learned the fascinating facts about drawing faces. Did you know that our eyes are really about half way down our faces? Did you know that your ears begin at the mid-level of your eyes and end at the level of the bottom of your nose? On paper bags, students drew their likeness following the “rules” on “how to create a portrait“. Using this formula, we were able to create a class full of cartoon-like replicas with our trusty Sharpies again and oil pastels this time.
Check out our many masterpieces!
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February 5th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
That video was really cool! I enjoyed making both projects although the paperbag one was my favourite. One of my favourite pictures was the one of the paperbag on the phone.
February 6th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
The video was really awsome. I like the part where people had paper bags on their heads. That was kind of funny.
February 9th, 2010 at 9:40 am
I love that video mostly because I’m not in it a lot. I still think this is the best video yet.
February 9th, 2010 at 9:41 am
This art project was so much fun! And we did get chalk pastels everywere but at least it came off. Mine wasn’t so good but at least we had fun. I can’t wait for our next exciting art project.
February 9th, 2010 at 9:42 am
Oh my goodness! That was an awesome video! I liked doing that art… it was fun! On the post there is a picture of my abstract portrait.
I am looking forward to see what more we are going to do in art!
February 9th, 2010 at 9:54 am
That is so awesome! My favourite one was seeing all of the paper bags on our heads. It was a lot of fun making them.
February 9th, 2010 at 9:57 am
That was so cool but my head was too small in my picture.
February 9th, 2010 at 10:06 am
Hey, everyone how are you? Mrs. Braidwood! I really like this post that you just put up especially the video. It’s funny!