This document provides an introduction to an art studio class. It discusses various art forms like drawing, painting, sculpting, and collage. It introduces the teacher, Ms. Weinstein, and some of the materials used like crayons, markers, paints, clay, and various papers. It emphasizes the importance of cleaning up and putting materials back in their proper places when finished.
The fall foliage season is upon us. Trees across New England and other northern regions are changing colors as cooler weather arrives. Vibrant shades of red, orange, and yellow leaves can be seen across forests and neighborhoods as the leaves change color and fall to the ground, signaling the arrival of autumn.
Clowns are performers who entertain audiences by dressing in colorful costumes, wearing face paint and wigs, and acting in a funny or silly manner. They aim to amuse people of all ages through skills like juggling, acrobatics, magic tricks, playing pranks, and engaging in physical comedy. Clowns have been part of circuses, carnivals, and other entertainment events for centuries to elicit laughter and bring joy through humor and playfulness.
Joan Miro was a Spanish painter known for his playful, colorful paintings that incorporated bright colors and dark lines. He lived from 1893 to 1983 and worked in the surrealist style, painting fantastical scenes and dreamlike imagery. This document discusses several of Miro's paintings, including self-portraits and works inspired by nature, the night sky, and mythology. It also provides context on Miro's life and the surrealist movement.
This document provides an introduction to an art studio class. It discusses various art forms like drawing, painting, sculpting, and collage. It introduces the teacher, Ms. Weinstein, and some of the materials used like crayons, markers, paints, clay, and various papers. It emphasizes the importance of cleaning up and putting materials back in their proper places when finished.
The fall foliage season is upon us. Trees across New England and other northern regions are changing colors as cooler weather arrives. Vibrant shades of red, orange, and yellow leaves can be seen across forests and neighborhoods as the leaves change color and fall to the ground, signaling the arrival of autumn.
Clowns are performers who entertain audiences by dressing in colorful costumes, wearing face paint and wigs, and acting in a funny or silly manner. They aim to amuse people of all ages through skills like juggling, acrobatics, magic tricks, playing pranks, and engaging in physical comedy. Clowns have been part of circuses, carnivals, and other entertainment events for centuries to elicit laughter and bring joy through humor and playfulness.
Joan Miro was a Spanish painter known for his playful, colorful paintings that incorporated bright colors and dark lines. He lived from 1893 to 1983 and worked in the surrealist style, painting fantastical scenes and dreamlike imagery. This document discusses several of Miro's paintings, including self-portraits and works inspired by nature, the night sky, and mythology. It also provides context on Miro's life and the surrealist movement.
Grandma Moses was born Anna Mary Robertson in 1860 and worked as a hired hand on farms from a young age due to her family's poverty. She married and had 10 children of her own while continuing to work farms. At age 78, her arthritis made needlework painful, so she took up painting scenes from her rural life using house paint. Her folk art style paintings of farmscapes and community scenes became wildly popular, selling for thousands despite her initial modest prices. Grandma Moses achieved great success late in life, appearing on television and being honored by presidents, before continuing to paint into her 100s and becoming a celebrated example of perseverance.
Anna Mary Robertson, known as Grandma Moses, took up painting in her late 70s after arthritis made needlework difficult. As a self-taught folk artist, she painted simple scenes from her rural life in the Hoosick Valley of New York. Grandma Moses found success late in life, selling her paintings for prices she could not imagine. She enjoyed fame and honors from presidents and governors for her artwork that depicted the virtues of honesty and hard work in rural America. Grandma Moses painted into her 100s, creating landscapes that captured life in the winter seasons until her death at age 101.
Native American Indians readily accepted glass trade beads from European explorers like Christopher Columbus in exchange for goods. They used the beads to decorate their clothes and baskets as well as for trading and personal adornment. Traditionally, beads were made from materials found in nature and served purposes of protection, beauty, and status. Glass trade beads later became widely used in exchanges between Native Americans and settlers.
Franz Marc was born in 1880 in Munich, Germany to a landscape painter father. He originally studied theology but later switched to art, being influenced by Impressionism after trips to Paris. Marc was inspired by nature and animals, seeing them as spiritual. His most famous work was Large Lenggries Horse Painting 1 from 1908. During World War 1, Marc volunteered for the German military and was killed in France in 1916. A museum dedicated to Marc's work now stands in the house he once lived in.
The original painting by Franz Marc, titled "The Yellow Cow", depicts a smiling yellow cow against a backdrop of triangular blue mountains. Marc's wife Maria had a happy personality, so the cow may symbolize her. The diagonal lines behind the cow convey a sense of energy. Students are tasked with copying the outline of the painting but changing the lines, shapes, and colors to convey a different emotion. They will be graded based on how well they use visual elements to symbolize the new emotion and the technical skills in their rendition.
This document discusses black cats and their traits, showing that while some black cats can be cuddly, others can be fierce. It mentions silhouettes of black cats and that artists enjoy painting black cats, describing them as proud and beautiful animals.
Black cat, where do you live city neighborhoodsKaren Weinstein
The black cat lives in a small house near the forest. It enjoys spending its days lounging in the sun and playing with toys. At night, the black cat likes to go for walks in the forest and explore the trees and bushes under the light of the moon.
This document discusses Giuseppe Arcimboldo, a 16th century artist known for painting portraits using fruits, vegetables, and other objects to form faces. It asks the reader to identify which foods are used for the eyes, nose, and mouth of a sample food face portrait. It also prompts the reader to consider including hair in a food face they may make and notes that the sample food face includes a beard made of food.
This document discusses the 16th century artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo who painted portraits using fruits, vegetables, and other objects. It asks the reader to identify which foods are used for the eyes, nose, and mouth of one of Arcimboldo's food faces. It also asks if the reader will add hair to their own food face creation.
The document discusses MC Escher, a famous graphic artist known for his mathematically inspired artwork. It also mentions Rodin, a French sculptor renowned for his sculptures of hands, including his iconic "Hand of God" work. Finally, it contrasts contorted and relaxed hand poses, noting that contorted poses involve twisted fingers and stretched digits while relaxed poses have straighter digits and smoother lines.
Wolf Kahn is a painter known for using vibrant, unexpected colors in his landscapes that depict nature. His paintings capture natural scenes but represent them with colors that are not typically associated with the subjects. In just a few brushstrokes, Kahn is able to represent nature through vivid colors that make the familiar unfamiliar.
Joan Miro was a Spanish painter born in 1893 in Barcelona. He was influenced by surrealism and was friends with Picasso and Max Ernst. Miro used bright colors and dark lines in his playful, dreamlike paintings which he sometimes titled with poetic or fantastical names referring to themes in nature. His work was inspired by themes from the night sky like constellations.
Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian painter born in 1866 who experimented with abstract art. One of his most famous works is titled "Circles" which features shapes and forms without any recognizable objects. Another painting by Kandinsky called "Several Circles" depicts multiple circular shapes on the canvas without any other imagery.
Minnie Evans was a self-taught artist who had no formal art training past 6th grade but had a natural talent and strong desire to express herself through art. Her work featured multi-color designs with symmetrical patterns where similar colors, shapes or designs could be seen on equal sides of the piece.
This document discusses several mythical and legendary creatures that could be considered "wild things" like those in the book Where the Wild Things Are. It describes the griffin, a creature with the body of a lion and head and wings of an eagle found in ancient Egyptian art. Pegasus is mentioned as a winged white divine horse of Greek mythology. The manticore is described as having the body of a red lion, a human head with sharp teeth, and a scorpion's tail from Persian legends. The Wolpertinger of Bavarian folklore is said to have a small mammal body with wings, antlers, tails and fangs. Finally, it suggests the okapi, a real gira
Mandalas are circular artistic representations that symbolize wholeness and the cosmic order of the universe. They appear throughout nature and in many world religions and cultures. To create a mandala, one begins with a circle and divides it into sections using radial lines, then fills the sections with balanced patterns and designs. Mandalas can be created using various media like paint, pencil, or mixed materials. They must be neatly made, show radial balance, use color schemes to convey a mood, and demonstrate control of the chosen art medium.
Diego Rivera was a famous Mexican painter known for his large murals. He was born in 1886 in Mexico and studied art in Europe before returning to Mexico. Rivera is best known for his murals depicting Mexican history and culture that can be found in public buildings throughout Mexico.
Grandma Moses was born Anna Mary Robertson in 1860 and worked as a hired hand on farms from a young age due to her family's poverty. She married and had 10 children of her own while continuing to work farms. At age 78, her arthritis made needlework painful, so she took up painting scenes from her rural life using house paint. Her folk art style paintings of farmscapes and community scenes became wildly popular, selling for thousands despite her initial modest prices. Grandma Moses achieved great success late in life, appearing on television and being honored by presidents, before continuing to paint into her 100s and becoming a celebrated example of perseverance.
Anna Mary Robertson, known as Grandma Moses, took up painting in her late 70s after arthritis made needlework difficult. As a self-taught folk artist, she painted simple scenes from her rural life in the Hoosick Valley of New York. Grandma Moses found success late in life, selling her paintings for prices she could not imagine. She enjoyed fame and honors from presidents and governors for her artwork that depicted the virtues of honesty and hard work in rural America. Grandma Moses painted into her 100s, creating landscapes that captured life in the winter seasons until her death at age 101.
Native American Indians readily accepted glass trade beads from European explorers like Christopher Columbus in exchange for goods. They used the beads to decorate their clothes and baskets as well as for trading and personal adornment. Traditionally, beads were made from materials found in nature and served purposes of protection, beauty, and status. Glass trade beads later became widely used in exchanges between Native Americans and settlers.
Franz Marc was born in 1880 in Munich, Germany to a landscape painter father. He originally studied theology but later switched to art, being influenced by Impressionism after trips to Paris. Marc was inspired by nature and animals, seeing them as spiritual. His most famous work was Large Lenggries Horse Painting 1 from 1908. During World War 1, Marc volunteered for the German military and was killed in France in 1916. A museum dedicated to Marc's work now stands in the house he once lived in.
The original painting by Franz Marc, titled "The Yellow Cow", depicts a smiling yellow cow against a backdrop of triangular blue mountains. Marc's wife Maria had a happy personality, so the cow may symbolize her. The diagonal lines behind the cow convey a sense of energy. Students are tasked with copying the outline of the painting but changing the lines, shapes, and colors to convey a different emotion. They will be graded based on how well they use visual elements to symbolize the new emotion and the technical skills in their rendition.
This document discusses black cats and their traits, showing that while some black cats can be cuddly, others can be fierce. It mentions silhouettes of black cats and that artists enjoy painting black cats, describing them as proud and beautiful animals.
Black cat, where do you live city neighborhoodsKaren Weinstein
The black cat lives in a small house near the forest. It enjoys spending its days lounging in the sun and playing with toys. At night, the black cat likes to go for walks in the forest and explore the trees and bushes under the light of the moon.
This document discusses Giuseppe Arcimboldo, a 16th century artist known for painting portraits using fruits, vegetables, and other objects to form faces. It asks the reader to identify which foods are used for the eyes, nose, and mouth of a sample food face portrait. It also prompts the reader to consider including hair in a food face they may make and notes that the sample food face includes a beard made of food.
This document discusses the 16th century artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo who painted portraits using fruits, vegetables, and other objects. It asks the reader to identify which foods are used for the eyes, nose, and mouth of one of Arcimboldo's food faces. It also asks if the reader will add hair to their own food face creation.
The document discusses MC Escher, a famous graphic artist known for his mathematically inspired artwork. It also mentions Rodin, a French sculptor renowned for his sculptures of hands, including his iconic "Hand of God" work. Finally, it contrasts contorted and relaxed hand poses, noting that contorted poses involve twisted fingers and stretched digits while relaxed poses have straighter digits and smoother lines.
Wolf Kahn is a painter known for using vibrant, unexpected colors in his landscapes that depict nature. His paintings capture natural scenes but represent them with colors that are not typically associated with the subjects. In just a few brushstrokes, Kahn is able to represent nature through vivid colors that make the familiar unfamiliar.
Joan Miro was a Spanish painter born in 1893 in Barcelona. He was influenced by surrealism and was friends with Picasso and Max Ernst. Miro used bright colors and dark lines in his playful, dreamlike paintings which he sometimes titled with poetic or fantastical names referring to themes in nature. His work was inspired by themes from the night sky like constellations.
Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian painter born in 1866 who experimented with abstract art. One of his most famous works is titled "Circles" which features shapes and forms without any recognizable objects. Another painting by Kandinsky called "Several Circles" depicts multiple circular shapes on the canvas without any other imagery.
Minnie Evans was a self-taught artist who had no formal art training past 6th grade but had a natural talent and strong desire to express herself through art. Her work featured multi-color designs with symmetrical patterns where similar colors, shapes or designs could be seen on equal sides of the piece.
This document discusses several mythical and legendary creatures that could be considered "wild things" like those in the book Where the Wild Things Are. It describes the griffin, a creature with the body of a lion and head and wings of an eagle found in ancient Egyptian art. Pegasus is mentioned as a winged white divine horse of Greek mythology. The manticore is described as having the body of a red lion, a human head with sharp teeth, and a scorpion's tail from Persian legends. The Wolpertinger of Bavarian folklore is said to have a small mammal body with wings, antlers, tails and fangs. Finally, it suggests the okapi, a real gira
Mandalas are circular artistic representations that symbolize wholeness and the cosmic order of the universe. They appear throughout nature and in many world religions and cultures. To create a mandala, one begins with a circle and divides it into sections using radial lines, then fills the sections with balanced patterns and designs. Mandalas can be created using various media like paint, pencil, or mixed materials. They must be neatly made, show radial balance, use color schemes to convey a mood, and demonstrate control of the chosen art medium.
Diego Rivera was a famous Mexican painter known for his large murals. He was born in 1886 in Mexico and studied art in Europe before returning to Mexico. Rivera is best known for his murals depicting Mexican history and culture that can be found in public buildings throughout Mexico.