Art Masters
Funded by the PTA, Art Masters teaches students about great art masters and their techniques. Under the direction of the classroom docent, each student produces a work of art using the techniques of each art master. The dates below are for the educational presentation of each artist or art period. The in-class project will be conducted during the following week. For more information please contact our Art Masters Chairperson, Caysi Bull.
| 2011-2012 Art Masters Lecture Schedule | |
Oct. 6 |
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, and illustrator, whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of fin de siècle Paris yielded a body of work of exciting, elegant and provocative images of the modern and sometimes decadent life of those times. Students will learn of his exciting poster art and his masterful use of the art element, line. Each class is then treated to a studio art lesson that challenges the students to use Lautrec's style to create their own line designs or posters. |
Nov. 3 |
Paul Cezanne, French artist and Post-Impressionist painter. His work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Students will be introduced to the importance of the cone, cylinder, sphere and cube to the French painter Paul Cezanne. Students will also learn of his masterful use of the art element, shape. They will then create their own tissue collage, still life and landscape compositions using basic shapes as Cezanne would have. |
Nov. 29 |
Claude Monet, founder of French impressionist painting. The term Impressionism is derived from the title of his painting Impression, Sunrise. Students will learn of his life and his struggle to make a career of painting. His art introduced brushwork and the art element, color. Students will then painted their own Impressionistic compositions. Students will also be afforded the chance to use Impressionist color theory with the color wheels they created in their skill sheets. |
Jan. 19 |
Winslow Homer, American landscape painter and printmaker, best known for his marine subjects. Students will learn about Homer through his oil paintings, water colors, and prints. Students will also learn how art can reflect history, tell stories, and set a mood, while they learn about the art element, value. For the follow up art activity, students will use value to create compositions based on Homer's favorite subject matter. |
Feb. 16 |
Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch post-Impressionist painter whose work had a far-reaching influence on 20th century art for its vivid colors and emotional impact. Students will be introduced to Van Gogh's expressive use of texture, through slides and stories. Students will examine his vibrating brush strokes in detail as preparation for the art activity based on this remarkable technique of drawing with color. The student versions of some of Van Gogh's famous paintings are outstanding! |
Apr. 5 |
Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, draughtsman, and sculptor who lived most of his life in France. He is widely known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. The introduction afforded a review of the art elements found in the many painting styles of this prolific Spanish painter. In their classrooms student artists will learn to use the creative right side of the brain to draw in a Picasso-like style. |
