I’ve been talking about this with my students in our ongoing discussions of Impressionism and post-Impressionism (i.e. van Gogh). Here’s the graphic:
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Mini van Gogh interpretation…”Starry Night” Pop-Ups
Advanced Painting students are studying the life and art of Vincent van Gogh. As a prelude to a larger van Gogh – inspired painting, they created these small interpretations of Starry Night. Some students chose to paint a different artwork, which was really neat. These landscapes turned out beautifully, and were lots of fun!
Picassohead
I’ve added this Picassohead link to the Fun Stuff page. It’s great fun; there’s also a cool gallery of picassoheads with creative and maybe not so creative names by other people. Anyhoo, something else to fritter away the one valuable thing we have…right? time. Of course, too, being creative is never wasted. :D.
Mona Lisa…still smiling
Poor Mona Lisa. Leonardo da Vinci brought her to life about 507 years ago, and she will not be left alone. She is the most viewed painting, the most talked about, the most parodied. Here are a few spin-offs that I liked…
Pop Art in the grocery
So…while in Target this weekend we noticed a colorful display of limited edition soup cans commemorating the 50th anniversary of Andy Warhol’s iconic 1962 artwork 32 Campbell’s Soup Cans. I’m not a fan of Warhol really, but the bright colors were irresistible. I’m already thinking of neat things to do in art class… There are…