Landscape art lessons

Landscape projects are a favorite of ours. I just adore the soft and peaceful feel of them. There are so many pretty scenes that you can create and there is a variety of ways in which you can do it. We dabble with different ways to create landscapes all the time and we love seeing […]

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We looked at the work of contemporary Dutch painter Ton Schulten (1938). He is loved for his colorful, vibrant landscapes depicting his native countryside, his use of horizontal and vertical lines which create a mosaic-like landscape made up of blocks of color, and his bright central light. His unique style of painting has been coined 'Concensism'. Process: After discussing his use of line and color we began to draw our own landscape. Utilizing the 'rule of thirds' (foreground, middle…

Learning how to draw a perspective landscape is one of those art techniques that gets kids to sit up and take notice. Part of the excitement is realizing

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Ted Harrison is one of Canada’s favorite painters. He was born in England in 1926 but immigrated to Canada’s Yukon in the 1950’s. His vibrant paintings of the people and the landscape of the Yukon Territories has brought Harrison many fans. I would highly recommend the book Ted Harrison Collected by Robert Budd for the wide

Hundertwasser Hundertwasser Austrian artist, architect, ecologists and environmental activist, Friedensreich Dunkelbunt Regentag Hundertwasser (1928-2000), believed the straight line represented everything that is wrong with humanity. What a truism! Our 6-13 year olds did an amazing job conveying this belief in their imaginative, nature-centric, rhythmic landscape with houses. The classic Hundertwasser onion-dome roofs, lollipop trees, eyes and raindrops featured heavily, as did his use of…

Who doesn’t love patterns? Two things that my students are great at are Painting and Patterns! In class we discuss what is a symbol versus a pattern? What is a complex pattern? What is a mot…

Road-scapes Grant Haffner Style.... Elementary and Middle School ArtMixed Media Road Trip Landscape Art Lesson, Grant Haffner styleI have been preparing art lessons for the next school year. Recently, I gave this lesson a test run... I taught it online to my art club students in Vancouver, BC. They are elementary students (ages 6-12) They enjoyed the introduction to one point perspective and learning about contemporary artist, Grant Haffner. Here you can see what they created in one hour…