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Ongoing Project from last week:  Colour + Observation

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Ongoing Project from last week:  Colour + Observation

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After The Last River - Official Trailer from Victoria Lean on Vimeo. .

A photo posted by Colleen Rose (@colleenkr) on

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Grade 9 students: I have two options for you.

1. If you are really interested in working with another material (not acrylic paint), talk to me. Let's discuss options. You still need to focus on using colour, but there are many, many ways to use colour (and colour plans). Let's explore the possibilities.

2. Take a look at the image for grade 10 students. Would you like to learn more about the issues facing Attawapiskat? Is it our responsibility as Canadian citizens to know more about their struggles? Is it our responsibility to do something once we know about their struggles? What can be done? What can we do? What is possible? What seems impossible? Who can we talk to? Can our art (and our actions) make a difference?

- Upper Grand DSB (@ugdsb) April 19, 2016

Extra resources:

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After The Last River - Official Trailer from Victoria Lean on Vimeo. . A photo posted by Colleen Rose (@colleenkr) on A photo posted by Colleen Rose (@colleenkr) on Grade 9 students: I have two options for you. If you are really interested in working with another material (not acrylic paint), talk to me.

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Monday: Zaria Forman: Illustrating the Beauty of a Disappearing World

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Monday: Zaria Forman: Illustrating the Beauty of a Disappearing World

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Questions:

What is the name of the artist?

What kind of artworks does she make?  a) portraits b) landscapes c) abstract

What colour scheme does she use?  a) monochromatic b) analogous c) complementary

Why does she create artworks of icebergs?

What did Zaria do as a child, that helped to prepare her to make her own artworks?

Do you think that Zaria’s work is successful?  Is it only because of their realism?

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Illustrating the Beauty of a Disappearing World | Short Film Showcase

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Questions:

1. Does Chuck Close create realistic artworks?  Explain your answer.

2. How does his use of colour relate to your 100-colour challenge? (there isn’t just one right answer for this question -- feel free to talk to a classmate about this)

3. Why did Chuck Close use grids to help him create his artworks?

4. Do you think that Chuck Close’s work is based on observation?  Explain your answer.

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Questions:

1. Did you notice the colour of paper that the artist used?  How many shades do you think the artist used?
2. Did the artist use highlights?  How does *light* affect how we see things?

Look around the room.  Look for an object that you can see both shadows and highlights.  Where does the light shine at its brightest point on the object?  Where is the darkest spot on the object?

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Realism Challenge #1 Watch me Draw Spoon, Art

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Spoon drawing with charcoal and white pastell. Artistic graphic. How to draw spoon? Art drawing. Drawing time lapse. Mixed media. Materials used: Pastell paper, light gray. H and B graphit and charcoal pencils (Derwent) Derwent white pastel. White "charcoal" pencil. Derwent brand. Paper stomp. Soft eraser.

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Questions:

1. What kind of artworks does Mary Pratt create?

2. How does Mary Pratt use ordinary objects to create phenomenal works of art?

3. How did photography impact the way she painted?

4. Where is she from?

5. Can you list some of the materials she captured in her paintings?  How difficult would it be to try to create the same colours and textures that she did?

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Jonathan Shaughnessy, the NGC's Associate Curator of Contemporary Art and Mireille Eagan, Curator of Contemporary Art at The Rooms, St.