After learning about Wassily Kandinsky, we drew musical instruments both from photographs and some from imagination. Students were encouraged to draw the instruments large, keeping the arrangement of their composition in mind. We then added color with oil pastels. We discussed limiting our color palettes and repeating colors to unify our pieces. In the last […]
We had a great time today in the Wednesday K-2 class creating these patterned cats inspired by Gustav Klimt. We began by reading Klimt and His Cat by Berenice Capalti. This story is told from the perspective of Kilimt’s cat, Katze. We drew the cats together on black paper with white oil pastel. Staring with […]
Our World Traveler workshop started this week with a visit to Peru. First, we read Up and Down the Andes by Laurie Krebs and Aurelia Fronty. We learned a little bit about Peru and the famous textiles produced by Peruvians. We talked about line and pattern, and then created our own patterns in oil pastel. […]
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