Thursday 22 September 2016

5th Year Expressive Self Portraits.

5th Year
Expressive Self Portraits

5th years used Chuck Close grid technique to render self portraits from selfies







3rd Year observational drawing

3rd Years
Have been working on Observational Drawing
















5th Year Expressive Self Portraits.

5th Year
Expressive Self Portraits

5th years used Chuck Close grid technique to render self portraits from selfies







Wednesday 14 September 2016

Artist of the month : November

Claude Monet
14 November 1840 to 5 December 1926


Monet was a French painter
He was a founder of the French Impressionist movement 

The term "Impressionism" is derived from the title of his painting 
Impression, soleil levant ( Impression,Sunrise), 
which was exhibited in 1874 in the first of the Impressionist exhibitions.






Artist of the month : September

Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610



His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on Baroque Painting  
Caravaggio combined close physical observation with a dramatic, even theatrical, use of chiaroscuro.

Chiaroscuro
 (the shift from light to dark with little intermediate value).


Go see Caravaggios 'Taking of Christ' at the National Gallery of Ireland










Transition Year Abstract Art Icebreaker

TY
First Art lesson since 1st year for many 
Warm up exercise, encouraging creativity, exploration and imagination...