Winter Art

Winter Art

What does Winter mean to you?  Many artists are inspired by the seasons.  What art might you create to convey your feelings about winter?



Pieter Brueghel the Elder's "The Hunters in the Snow"








Utagawa Hiroshige's "Night Snow at Kambara"




Edvard Munch's "New Snow in the Avenue"




Vincent van Gogh's "Landscape in the Snow"

Wassily Kandinsky's "Winter Landscape"

We like this depiction of snow - notice there's hardly any white paint to be seen?

Claude Monet's "Snow Scene at Argenteuil"

We'd like to take a walk down this snowy path in Argenteuil.

Alexander Calder's "Snow Flurry"

Does Calder's mobile remind you of falling snow?

Alexander Calder, "Snow Flurry," 1950, painted sheet metal and wire, 60 x 84 in. (152.4 x 213.4 cm.)

More inspiration:









Value-darkness and lightness

Fall Inspired Art

Our Centers are fully open and it is time to BE INSPIRED!

 

print with paint

glue with glitter

 

 

 permanent marker

water color

Drawing Center

The drawing center is full of exciting possibilities. 

 Today we introduce pencils, crayons, and oil pastels.

M C Escher
pencil drawing

Crayon Drawings

student work

Oil Pastels

 

 

You can blend with oil pastels!

Sewing

Fiber Arts

Time Lapse

Christine Mauersberger

 

Why do some areas look darker than others?  Do you think the artist used

a darker color thread?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sewing Center Open!

 

 

 

 

 

Step 1: Plan your design and sketch it on the burlap.

 

 

 

Step 2: Sew along the lines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sewing on burlap.

 

 

 

 

van Gogh Sunflowers

 

van Gogh Sunflowers

 

 

 

 

 

Vincent van Gogh

 

Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh painted a series of still life paintings using sunflowers as his subject.

 

A still life is art about non-living things. 

 

 

Two Cut Sunflowers, van Gogh

 

 

 

Some of his still life paintings have sunflowers in vases.  Some of his sunflowers are lying on a table.

 

Twelve Sunflowers, van Gogh

 

Weaving: Functional or Decorative

 

 

 

 

Weaving

Functional or Decorative

 

Sometimes artists use paper to weave interesting patterns, designs, or textures.

Are these weavings functional or decorative?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sometimes weavings are created for fabrics, blankets, rugs or baskets.

Are these weavings functional or decorative?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some weavings are beautiful and unique.

Are these weavings functional or decorative?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can weave almost anything!