Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Modigliani makes his mark
Modigliani is also famous for his portraits of women with elongated necks, long nose, big eyes, and small mouths - like Alice.
Book Week
The librarian and the art teacher worked together to promote book week books. The students looked at the illustrations and made their own versions of the book covers.
When you walk the corridors...
When you walk the corridors of Torrens Primary School, this is some of the art you will see.
As you enter the front foyer
As you enter the front foyer of Torrens Primary, your eye catches sight of:
Portrait inspired by Paul Klee
Paul Klee (1879 - 1940) was one of the 20th century's most significant artists. He was Swiss. During World War 1, he painted camouflage on airplanes. He was mainly known for the way he manipulated colour and taught lessons on colour mixing and colour theory.
Here is an example of a junior school student's portrait in the style of Paul Klee.
Make Believe Cities at Night
First we ran a bead of paint along the bottom of the page, and with a piece of hard cardboard, we pulled the paint up the page. When it was dry, we added bridges, windows, trees, sopider webs and other fantasy elements.
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