- black construction paper A3 size
- tempera paint in blue, green, black and white
- brushes
- jars with water
- paper towels
- paper towels and newspapers
maandag 1 maart 2010
Marvelous Medusa?
donderdag 18 februari 2010
Beat the wall, like Thierry Noir
- white drawing paper A4 size
- markers
- black markers, thin and thick
- pictures of the artwork of Noir
Typical of Noir are bright coloured profiles, reduced to an icon with a big nose, thick lips and saucer-like eyes.
The East Side Gallery (see photo) is a 1.3 km long section of the wall near the center of Berlin and probably the largest open air gallery in the world. Here you'll find the work of Thierry Noir. After looking at pictures of the work of Thierry Noir, children have to get heads in the style of Noir. hoofden tekenen in de stijl van Noir: profile heads looking to the right or left. The sheet has to be filled completely. Choose three colours marker. Outline everything with a thick black marker. Colour the remaining white parts with another colour or fill the spaces with a pattern in thin marker.zondag 14 februari 2010
Selfportrait in popart style
- drawing paper A4 size
- picture of the child
- watercolour paint
- brushes
- wallpaper
- coloured paper for background
- scissors and glue
- black marker
Print from photograph, made at Dumpr
Show some drawings in the classroom. How do you recognize the student? What are the most important parts of the face? What lines are important? Every student gets his own drawing. The trace the most important lines in their drawing using a fine black marker. Do not trace details, because after this they have to trace with thick markers. This means: don't trace hairs, just the contours of them. Don't forget facial lines around the mound or nose. When tracing is ready, students take their drawing and a new drawing sheet to a window (or use lightboxes if you have these). Keep the drawing against the window with the white sheet one it and trace the drawing with a pencil. Go back to the table and look carefully at your own portrait. Is it you? Are the lines well? Are the eyes correct?
Take a thick black marker and trace the pencil drawing. Paint the portrait with watercolour paint. Choose the colours you like; in popart every colour is possible!Paint a background or choose a wallpaper background and paste your cut portrait on it. Paste a coloured background behind it for strength.
maandag 1 februari 2010
Carnival portraits
- a shelf
- balloon
- newspaper strips
- wallpaper paste
- toilet rolls, bottle caps, polystyrene etc.
- toilet paper or paper towels
- acrylic paint or tempera paint
- brushes
- glitter
- confetti
- black marker
Blow the balloon. Paste newspaper strips on the half of the ballon. Be sure you have at least eight layers. Let the work dry. Take the balloon uit. Cut the edges and lay this half balloon on the shelf. Use costless things like toilet rolls, bottle caps or polystyrene to shape the face. Fix these parts with newspaper strips and wallpaper paste. The last layer has to be toilet paper or paper towel. Let the work dry again. Paint the portrait with acrylic paint or undiluted tempera. Give the face a body. Sprinkle glitter or confetti in the wet paint.
This lesson and photographs were sent to me by Ghislaine Aarts.woensdag 23 december 2009
Snowman close ups
- grey drawing paper cut in pieces from 15 by 15 cm
- oil pastels
- glue
- scissors
- coloured cardboard
Glue the three snowmen close ups on a matching coloured cardboard.
woensdag 28 oktober 2009
In the style of René Magritte
Made by Nikki, 11 years old
Rene Magritte is born in 1898 in Belgium. When Magritte is 13 years old, his mother commits suicide. She jumps in the river Samber and is found with her dress covering her face. This image has been suggested as the source of several paintings from Magritte: people hiding their faces with several objects.
In 1924 Magritte became friends with members of a surrealism group in Brussels: André Breton, Joan Miró and Salvador Dalí. These artists influence Magritte's work. In the end Magritte became famous with surrealistic paintings.
Magritte gave his paintings a realistic effect of surrealism. He painted simple objects, like a shoe, an apple, a pipe or a tree. Magritte took these things out of their ordinary environment and placed them in a special surrounding.
One of Magritte's most famous works is "La Trahison des Images" (The Treachery of Images). This is a very realistic painting from a pipe, with the text: Ceci n'est pas une pipe (This is not a pipe). The painting is not a pipe, but rather an image of a pipe. As Magritte himself commented: "The famous pipe. How people reproached me for it! And yet, could you stuff my pipe? No, it's just a representation, is it not? So if I had written on my picture 'This is a pipe,' I'd have been lying!"
By putting us constantly on the wrong track, Magritte forces us to think about art. Magritte thought it the task of an artist to place reality in a different context.
Nikki working on her version of Magritte
You need:- drawing sheets A3 size
- brushes and water containers
- old newspapers
- tempera paint
- (black markers)
Made by Kiki, 11 years old
Children sketch a portrait, just like Magritte did. It doesn't have to be someone special, just a person. Instead of an apple, they choose a present-day object to cover the face. This object has to be about as large as a face, so a piano or a coin can't be used! Options: an Ipod, cell phone, candy or something. When sketching is finished, the drawing has to be painted. When necessary, students can outline the covering object with a fineliner.
Made by Jetse, 12 years old
zaterdag 26 september 2009
Mothers finest
- coloured paper A4 size
- scissors
- glue
- leftovers coloured paper
- leftovers yarn, wire, pipe cleaner
- buttons, feathers etc..
- leftovers of cotton
Traditionally, people love to decorate themselves. With what do people decorate themselves? Is this the same in all countries? What kind of decorations can you mention? Discuss decorations and write different kinds of decorations on the blackboard.
Each student gets two coloured sheets of paper; one for the background and one for the face. Fold the sheet for the face lengthwise and draw half a face against the fold. Don't forget the ears! Cut the face and glue it on a background, letting a bit space between face and background. uit en plak het op de achtergrond met een beetje ruimte eronder. So don't glue it flatly. Cut eyes, nose and mouth out of leftover paper and glue them on the face. Decorate the face with different materials. Thing of earrings, glasses, hair, make-up, chain, necktie etc.
(Photographs: Willem Wienholts)
zaterdag 6 juni 2009
Face in the mirror
- coloured construction paper
- scissors and glue
- cutter and mat
maandag 25 mei 2009
It's me in the mirror
You need:
- digital photo camera
- white drawing sheets
- coloured pencils
- photograph of back of the head, shoulders and stretching arm
- aluminium foil
- big mirror on the wall
- some hand mirrors
- scissors and glue
If you want to see the back of yourself, you'll need two mirrors. By using a hand mirror you can see the back of your head back in a mirror on the wall.
We're going to practice with the mirrors. Children look at their own backs with two mirrors and will discover they nevertheless can see their front also!
All children get two printed photographs of themselves: one with the back of the head/shoulders/stretched hand with handmirror, and one photograph of their face. The 'back'photo has to be used to copy. Draw yourself at the left of the sheet. Copy the stretched hand as well as you can. After this they draw the background: the bathroom or maybe the bedroom. The hand mirror has to be drawn bigger, because the photograph has to fit!
Aluminium foil has to be glued on the handmirror (shining side up). Cut out the photograph of the face, and glue this on the foil.
woensdag 20 mei 2009
Portraits of the past
You need:
- white drawing paper A4 size
- instant coffee
- saucers
- brushes
- jars with water
- paper towels
- gold markers
- brown construction paper
- glue
- scissors
dinsdag 19 mei 2009
Self portrait like Modigliani
View with the children a number of paintings by Modigliani and discuss the salient features:
- faces are elongated
- faces are often skewed
- use of warm colours
- the shapes are outlined in black
- black constructionpaper A4 size
- oil pastels
- coloured paper for background
After sketching the pencil lines have to be traced with with black oil pastel. Then everything has to be coloured. Watch the black lines: do not touch them with a different colour, it will get messy! Do the colouring carefully, especially in smaller components like eyes and mouth. If a lighter crayon spots black, clean it in a paper towel. Colour the background until you don't see any black. Paste the work on a matching background.