STARRY, STARRY NIGHT

In a letter to his sister Wilhelmina, Vincent Van Gogh said "At present I absolutely want to paint a starry sky. It often seems to me that night is still more richly coloured than the day; having hues of the most intense violets, blues and greens. If only you pay attention to it you will see that certain stars are lemon-yellow, others pink or a green, blue and forget-me-not brilliance. And without my expatiating on this theme it is obvious that putting little white dots on the blue-black is not enough to paint a starry sky."
"Vincent van Gogh painted Starry Night. It later was famous." -Onyx
We studied the life and artistic style of Vincent van Gogh. Then we created our own version of Starry Night using oil pastels.
"We learned a lot about Vincent van Gogh, and how he used little brush strokes." -Jellybean8
"Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night was very hard because we had to use short brush strokes. It was very fun, though." -Kailyn
"It was fun using oil pastels because you can actually mix them, unlike crayons." -DonutDude
"Making the Starry Night was hard, but it was fun and it looks nice. My favorite part was the sky because blue is my favorite color." -Dylan
"It was fun mixing the colors like vanGogh. The colors I liked to mix were blues and greens." -ManofRobots
"I think it was fun and my favorite part was making the sky because I got to use blue." -bigsquishy
"It was so much fun making this project because Starry Night is my favorite piece of artwork." -Blaze
"My parents loved my Starry Night. I love it too!" -Sapphire

Artwork shown was created by: Betheny, Braxton, Braxton, Bryanna, Garrett, Haley, Hunter, Sean

Into the Looking Glass...

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. ~Lauren Bacall

"A portrait is a picture of anybody. A self-portrait is a picture of yourself." -DonutDude

We looked very carefully in a mirror and created a portrait of ourselves...a SELF-PORTRAIT.

"First we made our self-portrait: eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hair. Then we cut it out, put it on the colored paper, cut it out, then put the 3D o's on the back, then put it on the pattern sheet." -Hunter

We created PATTERN on our background...

" A pattern is a thing repeated again and again." -Sarah

"I used pattern in my background which has peace signs everywhere and hearts a lot. It makes my project a lot better." -Kailyn

"I have gold spots on my project and I have silver eye balls. I Have zigzags on my project, too." -Austin

And we learned about the ELEMENTS of art along the way...

"In my shirt I used curved, straight, and ragged LINES. In my hair I used ragged LINES. And in my glasses I used straight and curved LINES." -P.Money

"I have used LINE in my hair- jagged, and shirt- repeated and curvy." -BigSquishy

"We used ovals for the eyes, head, shirt, and lips (SHAPE)." -Shamrock

"I use the element of COLOR by blending gold and brown to make my hair." -Branson

"My shirt is a primary COLOR and two secondary COLORS." -Seth

Reflections on our artwork...

"I am proud that I could work on this and get it done without giving up." -Haley

"I would title mine Look-A-Like. I would name it that because it looks just like me." -Choclates

"I learned that you need to be nice and careful." -Kayla

"The easiest thing to do on the project was the nose." -Bob

"I think the hair was the most difficult thing to do because it had a lot of lines and squiggles." -MaxPitts44

"I think people will like my project because it looks like me." -Sapphire

"I think my biggest challenge was making my eyes look perfect and the same I don't know why, but it was." -RallyCat

"I don't mean to brag, but I think I did great on it because the background didn't distract you from the portrait." -Blaze

When I take it home, "I will go to my room and hang it up on my wall." -Dimond




Artwork shown was created by:
Erika, Haley, Braxton, Sean, Blaze, RallyCat, WildChild, Gwen, BigSquishy, Branson, Bob, JellyBean8, & Choclates

A PARODY ON MONA LISA

You know this lady, right?
Mona Lisa, by Leonardo daVinci.

We learned what a PARODY is first:
"A parody is a copy of something that you add to or take away from." -Jeremiah

"It's something that you change to make funny." -Ariana

Then we created a parody with Mona Lisa as the subject:
"First we chose our background and glued it on. Then we glued on Mona Lisa and accessories." -WildChild

We learned about the Elements of Art along the way:
"In mine, the tornado has curved LINES." -Jordan

"Well, my project is absolutely flat and it has bumps from glue." (TEXTURE) -C

"I used the element of COLOR by using orange, red, green, brown, black, silver, yellow, and white." -Bryanna

"Mona Lisa feels really smooth and when we put the pieces of magazines on it feels really different. More smooth, though."(TEXTURE) -RallyCat

Reflections on our projects:
"I am very proud of my artwork because it is pretty to me. I think it is funny." -Choclates

"My favorite part is the background because it is very bright and beautiful." -Kayla

"The easiest thing was to glue and cut the things out of magazines..." -Madison

"I am very, very proud of my artwork, though it may be a little crazy." -Sapphire

"I will take it to my house and stick it on our fridge." -BigSquishy

"My hardest challenge was finding a background." -Natalie

"I did not know that daVinci painted Mona Lisa." -Jacob






Artwork shown was created by:
Ethan, Kailyn, Bailey, Blaze, & Kayla

Coming soon...

School starts for us on August 14th. Check back about a week later to see what we create in Art class the first week of school! See you then!