YUKO ADACHI

Today I would like to introduce to you this fine art artist that I met some years ago when I was attending a course in Boston.

Here it is her blog. Take a look at it!

COLOUR with Hundertwasser

Hi, This is our new activity about colour that we will do in class this week, you can take a look at it!

COOL AND WARM COLOURS WITH HUNDERTWASSER

HISTORY: FRIEDENSREICH HUNDERTWASSER

He was born in 1928 in Vienna.

Born Friedrich Stowasser, he changed his name to Friedensreich Hundertwasser. His name, Friedensreich Hundertwasser means, "Peace-Kingdom Hundred-Water".

He died in the year 2000 on his way from New Zealand to Europe on board the Queen Elizabeth 2.

Hundertwasser was a painter, architect, ecologist and visionary.

MATERIALS:

Felt tip pens
Pencils
Drawing paper.

DISCUSSION

Discuss Hundertwasser in class after listening to your teacher’s explanation and Power Point Presentation. Describe the painting style of Hundertwasser. Try to understand Hundertwasser’s world. Observe and discuss the style, technique, and colour used by him. Then think about the differences between cool and warm colours.

ASIGMENT:

Using the painting of Hundertwasser given for your teacher, that is divided in two parts, colour each part with warm and cool colours.

CLASS CRITIQUE

Share and contrast your finished work with your class-mates.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Book: “HUNDERTWASSER” - Harry Rand- TASCHEN;

Here you have some examples made by students of 1º ESO 2010-2011. I hope they help!

Now search for information about this artist and add some pics of his paintings, architecture work,...in the comments.

Hundertwasser from escuadraypincel

HUNDERTWASSER ARCHITECT

Recently I managed to travell to Vienna and these are some of the pics that I made of two of the most famous buildings made by Hundertwasser.

Now please watch this presentation, and follow the instructions. This is about drawing trees in the style of Hundertwasser.

Friedrich hundertwasser trees from escuadraypincel
presentation by tes.co.uk

SPIRALS WITH HUNDERTWASSER

and now a little more challenging...

Do you think you could create an artwork using spirals in the style of Hundertwasser?
Try hard!

Here you have some examples of last years artwoks. They are beautiful!

1º E.S.O. 2010-2011

MASKS

Here you have some of your masks. GOOD JOB!!!!!!
These masks were made by students of 3º ESO using ovals, ovoids, spirals, tangencies...
...and many more!

3º ESO 2013

CHLOÉ RÉMIAT

Aquí os dejo un enlace al blog de esta increíble ilustradora y escultora de figuras de papel mache francesa,
  Chloé Rémiat,
su blog aquí

Chloé Rémiat is a French artist working on paper mache. She creates small sculptures of paper that she then photographs, and turns them into artwork.
her blog here

PAINTING WITH THE FAUVES

This is the task you have to do as homework in your Easter Holidays!

PAINTING WITH THE FAUVES!!!!!

Fauves from escuadraypincel

A BIT OF HISTORY

Fauvism is a movement in French painting that revolutionized the concept of colour in modern art. Fauves earned their name ("les fauves"-wild beasts) by shocking exhibit visitors on their first public appearance, in 1905. 
At the end of the nineteenth century, neo Impressionist painters were already using pure colours, but they applied those colours to their canvases in small strokes. The fauves rejected the impressionist palette of soft, shimmering tones in favour of radical new style, full of violent colour and bold distortions     .
These painters never formed a movement in the strict sense of the word, but for years they would nurse a shared ambition, before each went his separate and more personal way.

Some representatives painters are: Henri Matisse, Paul Gauguin, Andre Derain…

MATERIALS:

Temperas.
Palettes.
Brushes.
Water-containers.
Drawing paper.
Newspapers to cover and protect your desk.

Wait till the classroom is set up for painting before you start.

DISCUSSION

Discuss the Fauves in class after listening to your teacher’s explanation. Describe the painting style of the Fauve artists. Try to understand why the works of Matisse and Derain outraged critics and labeled them as “wild beasts”. Discuss the non-traditional use of colour in Fauve paintings. Observe and discuss the style, technique, and colour used by Matisse and Derain. Why were their paintings described as unusual and unnatural?

SKETCHING THE COMPOSITION
Gather ideas for a landscape painting.
Make thumbnail sketches and choose a favourite for composition.
Draw a simple outline sketch of the painting plan with a graphite pencil on your painting surface.

PAINTING: GUIDED PRACTICE

This is our first painting experience of the year, so it would be a good idea to spend some time exploring colour mixing. Don’t be anxious!!!

And now…paint like the Fauves!

“You are going to paint like the Fauves. Have fun with colour. Painting the green grass and the sky blue would be too ordinary. Be original in your colour choice! Be as wild as the “Wild Beasts”. Today is your day to have fun and be free with your choice of colours! EXPLORE!”

You must complete a painting in one class period.

You can continue yourself at home and create a second more daring and expressive painting than the first.

CLASS CRITIQUE

Share and contrast your finished work to that of the Fauves with your class-mates.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Book: “Fauvism ” - Fauvism was an extremely short-lived movement in modern painting, and an extremely important one as well. This book covers the period quite nicely.

Book: “The Fauves: The Reign of Colour”- This illustrated book celebrates the work of Matisse, Braque, Dufy, Derain, Vlaminck, Van Dongen, and many other artists who were dubbed "Fauves, " or wild beasts, when their work was first introduced in the early 1900s. 170 colour illustrations.

VOCABULARY:

Canvases: lienzos.

small strokes: pequeñas pinceladas.

shimmering:  titilantes, vibrantes…

bold distortions: deformaciones audaces, valientes, atrevidas.

nurse: tener(ambición).

outraged: escandalizaron.

labeled: etiquetados.

dubbed: apodado.

The underline words in grey must be added to the glossary.

Here you have some examples made with temperas from a picture by Matisse and made by students in 2010-2011. Hope it helps!!!!