Salvador Dalí

"I am not strange I am just not NORMAL"

"Those who do not want to imitate anything produce nothing".

It´s very difficult to select from your masterpieces, having so many good artists in class this year.

Frida

"I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality". Frida Kahlo.

I especially like the quality of the videos that you can find in this channel. Biography.com

Can you answer the following questions in a presentation?

How old was Frida when she died?
What was her full birth name?
When was she born?
What was her nationality?
Who or what is depicted in most of Frida ´s paintings?
Frida began her career as an artist after what?
What artistic movement is she part of?
Add your favorite Frida ´s masterpieces.


She uses a lot of symbols like animals to represent herself
The background in Frida ´s paintings often held special meaning
Let´s create a self portrait using what you have learned. It can be a painting, a drawing or a craft using clay...whatever you want but Use color!
Include the following:
A symbolic background: Frida often used lush vegetation in the background of her portraits to represent her connectedness with nature.

A symbolic animal(s):  Choose an animal that can be used to symbolize you in some way. Frida used pets to represent her surrogate children or to symbolize characteristics like tenderness.

A personal feature: Frida often exaggerated her eyebrows and hair in her artwork. Her hair was a sign of her femininity.

For more information, check:

https://www.fridakahlo.org/
https://www.artdependence.com/articles/symbolism-in-art-frida-kahlo-self-portrait-with-monkey/
https://wiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/Frida_Kahlo
https://www.pinterest.es/mommymaestra/frida-kahlo-for-kids/

Screaming

Loving Vincent

If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint", then by all means paint,

and that voice will be silenced.

WE ARE ARTISTS

 

 

  

And the next masterpieces are coming...

Velázquez and Goya

1.     Where was Velázquez born?

2.     In what year?

3.     Name 3 of his famous paintings.

4.     Describe "Las Meninas".

5.     What king did Velázquez paint for?

6.     How many brothers and sisters did Velazquez have?

7.     When and where did Velazquez die?

Check his biography here.

1.     Where was Goya born?

2.     In what year?

3.     Name 3 of his paintings.

4.     Describe “La Familia de Carlos IV”

5.     What king did Goya paint for?

6.     Goya suffered an illness that caused him to lose something, what did he lose?

7.     After the war, Goya began painting dark, surreal paintings, what are these paintings called?

8.     Where and when did Goya die?

Check his biography here.

A PORTRAIT

DRAWING A FACE

Who said that was too much difficult? You did great!. This is only an extract.

   

Meeting Van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh was born in the Netherlands on March 30th, 1853. He developed a unique style that is easily recognizable today.

Follow the links below to learn a little about Van Gogh's life.

•            http://www.artble.com/artists/vincent_van_gogh

•            http://www.moma.org/collection/artists/2206

•            Van Gogh for kids.

After reviewing the links, answer the following questions with a partner.

All this information must be included in the presentation.

•            How did Van Gogh become interested in art?

•            What training and education did he receive?

•            What artistic movement was he part of? Explain its main characteristics.

•            How did his mental state affect his work?

Use powerpoint to create a slideshow of Van Gogh where you must use google images to locate his paintings. Collect at least 10 images. Present the slideshow to a family member at home and discuss about it.

Thank you Samuel. I love it!

Celtic Nations

During this month  you are finding out a lot of information about  the Celts.

We will work with  the Celtic designs, symbols, music and nations.

Let´s start at the British museum  click to download the image bank and you will find the ppt.

In the next video you will find lots of images, symbols and information about these nations.

And what type of music is the celtic one?

For Celts in Britain  and Spain check

• http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Celtic_Britain.htm
• http://www.ibiblio.org/gaelic/celts.html
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/celts/factfile/
• http://www.spainthenandnow.com/spanish-history/the-celts-in-spain/default_35.aspxhttp:/
• /www.sd71.bc.ca/resources/webquests/barbarian/8-3%20index/celtics/info1.htm
• http://www.weather.com/travel/news/mysterious-seventh-celtic-nation-galicia-spain-20140127
• http://www.ceolas.org/ceolas.html

Portrait with elongated forms

Most of you were right.  El Greco and Amedeo Modigliani are two artists who lived in very different times. But their styles show one common characteristic, they both liked to paint human figures and portraits with elongated forms. Their works are distinguished by their expressiveness and the light.

Here I post some of your masterpieces. Well done!

ARTS and CRAFTS

MODIGLIANI

EL GRECO

WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON?