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My little sweethearts got to use their favourite art supply of all time... glitter! 💥✨💥 Needless to say they were super excited not just for creating their Diwali themed art but also to get their hands on some glitter! 🤦🏻♀️ Happy Diwali everyone!
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This year we took a look at how we prepare our homes for Diwali. The children drew and painted a house decorated for the occasion complete with fireworks in the sky!  ABOUT THE MONA LISA Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa using soft outlines and heavy shading, which is a hallmark of Renaissance portraits. No one knows for sure who the Mona Lisa is a portrait of. The best guess is that she was an Italian noblewoman named Lisa Gherardini. This painting is so valuable, that it is displayed in Paris under bulletproof glass! Our version of the Mona Lisa focuses on creating value using charcoal pencils. So the kids are asked to think of areas of light and areas of shadow. We’ve also used a bright contemporary landscape as the backdrop to make it lively and more appealing for the age group.  Poseidon is most well known for being the Greek god of the sea. His weapon and main symbol was the trident, a three pronged spear. Poseidon is the brother of Zeus, the sky god and the chief greek god, and Hades, the god of the underworld. As the sea god, Poseidon is the protector of sea travelers. He made calm seas and would create islands for lost travelers who pleased him. When he was offended or ignored, Poseidon caused shipwrecks and earthquakes. FUN FACT: Poseidon also has a close connection to horses. Some call him the tamer of horses and others call him the father of horses. To help with safe travels over seas people would often give Poseidon a horse to please him. We’ll finish our interpretation of Poseidon next week...  A bust is the sculptural representation of the upper part of the human figure. A bust includes the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and chest. ABOUT ANCIENT ROMAN BUSTS Roman artists were skilled at making realistic portraits of people from bronze and marble. The reason there are so many examples of Ancient Roman busts is because it was common to display busts of deceased ancestors in Roman homes during ancient times. Roman rulers and officials also commonly commissioned sculptural portraits of themselves. I challenged a few of my older gals to create a bust using portrait of themselves! They got started today creating a charcoal pencil portrait focusing on the position of features etc and in our next class they will create marbled paper for the pedestal.  ABOUT MEDUSA Medusa is a monster from ancient Greek mythology. Instead of hair, her head is covered with living venomous snakes. According to legend, Medusa was a beautiful mortal who flaunted her good looks even in the face of the great Roman goddess Athena. As punishment for her brazenness Athena plagued Medusa with a hideous appearance and venomous snakes for hair! 😳 The myth was that anyone who looked at Medusa would turn into stone. Medusa was killed by the Greek hero Perseus. Many of my little artists were familiar with her and the legend so they really got into creating her likeness today! |
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