Self-Portrait & Color Mixing

Mixing the primary colors (red, blue, yellow) to secondary colors (orange, green, purple) might be magic... To begin our learning, our artists became magicians, created new colors, and transformed back to artists to create self-portraits.
Along the way, we learned about the colors of our skin with some help from the book "All the Colors We Are" written by Katie Kissinger. Our very own special shade of brown for our skin became our color mixing challenge for this work of art.

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Art For Someone

Our first project this year was "Art for Someone." Artists considered who they would like to make art for, what this person would enjoy and how to layout their composition for their work of art. Artists worked with oil pastels to create colorful, creative and thoughtful works of art for their intended recipient.

Expressing Emotions in Art

After discussing how different colors, shapes and lines made us feel, artists practiced expressing emotions in a non-objective way (without any recognizable imagery). On day 2, artists practiced their skills of collaboration to join their ideas with a partner's to create a unique work that could express an emotion. Images for inspiration included: Fire In The Evening by Paul Klee, Blue and Grey by Mark Rothko, Color Study. Squares with Concentric Circles by Wassily Kandinsky, Number 18 by Jackson Pollock and Bop by Elizabeth Murray.

St. Lawrence Art 2017-2018

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