Art class 16.3.2011

Another one from amazing art classes. We just kept going in selfportraits in different ways. This time we had received pictures of already made potraits and our goal was to get inspired by this and try to situate ourselves into those pictures. It was really interesting. Everyone could do what he felt to do. Just take a look at it!!


body painting?



or colour fighting?

mirror monoprint

OK, back to work...

these are few of our modified monoprints

Expressionism (9.3.2011)

Expressionism – origin

•      Roots of expressionism – Germany, France

•      Created as a opposition to impressionism and naturalism

•      Name itself says the purpose is to EXPRESS something

Development

•      * at the end of 19th and beginning of the 20th century

•      Its popularity was rising during and mainly after World War I

•      Golden age for expressionism: 1910-1920

•      1905 - * Der Brücke (till 1913)

•      1911 - * Der Blaue Reiter (till 1914)

Characteristics

•      Usage of pure colours, no focus on perspective, fields of colours usually difined by black lines

•      Expressionism was influenced by: children´s drawing, Friedrich Nietzsche, prehistoric paintings, psychological research, neoimpressionism

Edward Munch - The Scream

 

Egon Schiele



Emil Nolde - The Crucifixtion



Franz Marc - The Blue Horse





Otto Dix

  

 

George Grosz - The Wanderer

   
 

Oskar Kokoschka - The Wind Bride


  
 

Otto Mueller


  




Jackson Pollock



Abstract expressionism

•      Jackson Pollock – drip painting

 (action painting)

•      Michael Weismor

•      Mark Rothko

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Michael Weismor

Mark Rothko - Gates

Mark Rothko - Gates

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Drawing, drawing and drawing (homework for art lesson - 8.3.2011)

Our homework for next art lesson was to draw a portrait of person with an expression.
Well and this was the process of trying to do it ....

focused on work



born to draw ;-)



drawing together......lets make an expression

it is possible to draw everywhere

We had a very good time during working on our portraits. First we had to decide whom to draw and it then we had to make some space for our work, which was fun too (removing the table, proper lighting of desktop... :-D).

When it was done, we could indulge ourselves in drawing and creativity. Nela decided to draw Nadal and she did very well. Vítek made a portrait of Glum (from ´The Lord of The Rings´) with very scary expression. Laura chose to draw Gerald Butler (from the film ´300´) and I was drawing a portrait of happy cheerful woman.

Drawing together was really great, everybody was so focused that we barely talk and just were just listening music and drawing.

Finally our work was done and  hours we had spent working on it were worthful.

I think we have learnt a lot during this. Not only about drawing itself, how to draw nose, eyes, how to put anger or happiness in them…, but also how it is good to work together, even if not on the same thing. Because we could encourage each other to work hard and to work till the work is done, in other words it is much easier to do something when you have friends around.

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02.03. Art lesson - Colours

Today in the art lesson we talked about the colours and about their meanings.

In the morning we started analyzing our homework. It was a simple portrait and we could saw what we have to practice a little bit more and what we can do really good.


( I recognized, I have to practice a lot! :P )


After this we separeted in 3 groups and we had to compare and analyze some picture.
We talked about colours, expressions and meanings. We choose two amazing picture.















After some break we got a camera and a partner and we took pictures our partner.
Are you ready? 1, 2, 3... Show emotion!!! :)
Dorte printed it and the fun began.



We had to color our partner's photo whit oil pastel and our knowledge about colours.The final result was quite amazing and I'm really look forward to the next lesson! :)

Art with Dorte (23. 2. 2011)

 

Nela and Vítek drawing their 20minutes selfportraits

Papers, pencils, crayons, charcoals, eyes and hands...these were our hardware for today art lesson. Enthusiasm and our abilities were the software. Put together it created a number of portraits more or less similar to the model who was drawn.

Everybody was working hard and although our works were only the shadows of what we wanted to create we enjoyed it a lot and had great time down in art classroom.

Our five minutes selfportraits

Our final works

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