Foundation students have completely wowed me with the epic Van Gogh inspired masterpieces. We have been looking at Van Gogh’s famous Sunflowers and various other pieces of his work including Starry Night and the Irises. The concept of warm and cool colours was introduced to the students – warm like a fire, cool like the ocean (or rainforest) helps us remember which colours are which, the colours then applied to students Sunflower inspired compositions. Warm colours for the sunflowers, cool colours in the background. These masterpieces are students first real exposure to painting, I love their final results.    

Our next study is looking at another pivotal artist and their work – Claude Monet and the Water Lilies. This week foundation students started to look at some of his key art works and developing their own ideas and responses to this work. In 2014, I travelled to Monet’s Garden in Giverny (see pictures below). This has to be one of the most moving and memorable moments of my life. I look forward to sharing this experience with students in the coming weeks.

 

 

 

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