Foreshortening the Human Figure
I am busy but motivated this year. I find myself teaching just over 10 new units (out of 20), as teaching time for visual art at my school has doubled. With all the cutbacks to the arts I am reading...
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Abstract Art Doodle
Recently I went to see an exhibit of Karl Hyde’s artwork (of Underworld fame) in Tokyo. His abstracts led me try it out as it simply involves balance, movement and colour. It’s actually more difficult...
View ArticleIntro to Abstract Art activity
I am currently developing a new unit for my grade 8s on abstract art. I’m thinking of making the unit question, “What makes art attractive?” or “Why is non-representational art attractive?” I’m also...
View ArticleWhat is Abstract Art?
As I continue to build my abstract art unit, I decided to make a crash course intro video for my students. It (hopefully) shows how abstract art evolved and how one can appreciate it more. Drawn...
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Visual Journals?
I’ll be the first to admit that I wasn’t a big fan of visual journals before. I thought they involved too much “craft.” However, the more I read and the more examples I saw, the more I became...
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Rework, Remix, Mash & Re-use Unit part 2
Following on from my previous post, I’m still thinking about a “remix” unit for an art class. I’m leaning more towards a still image approach, but am keeping an open mind. The video work of Christian...
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Art & Social Justice Education part 2
Following on from my previous post on Art & Social Justice Education, here’s the second list from the book on “OUR CULTURES: RECOGNITION & REPRESENTATION.” Kaisa Leka (International Disability...
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Artsy Now Public
The great resource that is known as Art.sy has just been made open to the public. Art.sy states: We provide one of the largest collections of contemporary art available online. Thousands of works from...
View ArticleAdvice for Art Students
What advice do you give to your students of art? Yeah, the list varies, I know. I’ve compiled some ideas from books and sites etc., with Kit White’s “101 Things to Learn in Art School” being the most...
View ArticleArt Think: Ways of Working to Develop Creativity (Design Synectics)
My grade 10 art class are working on a major unit on generating ideas and creativity. To make a long story short, they have to visually represent a theme. They are still currently in the research and...
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