Ted Harrison was a Canadian artist who painted beautiful, simplified landscapes of the Yukon. I taught a Ted Harrison lesson several years ago, but I was inspired by Britt Curley to try a slightly different approach. The first time around, I used tempera paint and worked on 12X18 paper. Final lines were done with oil […]
If you haven’t hear of Rex Ray, do a quick Google search. You will see a ton of beautiful paintings and collages. For the past two weeks, we have been working on a project based on his amazing work. The first week, we focused on creating painted papers to use in our collages. The big […]
Paul Gauguin was a French, post-Impressionist painter. He spent many years painting in Tahiti. His landscapes done during this time were our inspiration for this project. We looked at several of Gauguin’s landscapes and discussed how to create the illusion of space. After drawing the landscape with oil pastel, we used acrylic paint to add […]
I don’t usually use acrylic paint in class, especially not with elementary aged students. However, I came across a project that just wouldn’t work with tempera paint. This project was inspired by the book Ancient Thunder by Leo Yerxa. Yerxa’s illustrations are amazing. He studied tunics painted by the Ojibwe Indians. The original tunics were […]
My 6th grade and up group have been working on these mixed media trees for the last couple of weeks. The focus of this project was recognizing complimentary colors, identifying the subtleties of warm/cool colors, and using gel medium with acrylic paint to build up layers. Students started by choosing a warm or cool color […]
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