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This week we predict that your art will be bursting with colour as we go
Globetrotting
on an artistic summer holiday, looking for different places and styles of art
to inspire us......
This week we're focusing on LANDSCAPE art, which is when you draw a place.
Some of you tackled this earlier in our Arty Architecture challenge, which was based more in cities. This time we're heading to the mountains, hills, countryside and coasts of different countries to really capture the colours, sights and artistic styles that they all inspire. Imagine your art work is a fabulous creative postcard picture that really gives us the idea and feel of a place.
All the following places are in different parts of the world .... can you work out where?
- Do the colours that the artist chose give you a clue?
- Is there anything in the landscape itself that helps you?
- What do you think the weather and climate are like in each place?
- What time of year/day do you think they were painted - why?
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The answers are at the very bottom of this page....
We can't travel to every country in this post, but you have an Art Passport to take you anywhere you like:
- a favourite holiday destination in the UK or beyond
- a place that is special to you
- somewhere you'd love to travel to
- somewhere where your family come from
- somewhere you have studied in school
As usual we are going to look at a few artists from around the world and how different places have inspired them.
Tony Hudson
Tony Hudson is a British artish who has travelled all over the world, but his favourite place and main inspiration came from Southern Africa and Lesotho in particular, where he lived for a few years, drawing the landscape and nomadic Zulu tribes.
Look at the way he has used warm, earthy colours in his landscapes and simple figures to give you an idea of the scale of it.
If you wanted to try something similar soft pastels would work well.
If you wanted to try something similar soft pastels would work well.
Isabel Le Roux
Isabel Le Roux is a South African artist who uses bright, bold colours to relect her homeland. She reminds us a little of David Hockney, the Yorkshire artist we looked at a few weeks ago.
If you wanted to try something similar, paint or felt pens would work well.
Moving to a completely different continent what about looking to Australia for some inspiration. Many of you studied Australia in Year 2 and looked at a variety of Australia inspired art.
We focused on the style of Tony Hudson, but moved to the iconic Australian landscape of Uluru for our inspiration.
If you want to find out more about our artistic adventures around Uluru and a bit more about the place, and some of Year 2's finished results click here:
Here's a sneak peak at a few - we used oil pastels and a light blue paint wash for the sky.
Remember you don't have to just be inspired by what a place looks like you can also be inspired by a style of art that comes from there, such as Aboriginal Dot Painting.
Aboriginal art was created by the indigenous (original) people of Australia who lived there long before the Europeans came and settled. Their art was very important to them as it was a way of passing down stories often about nature and some of the important journeys that they and their ancestors had been on.
We first looked at what some of the signs and symbols o the Aboriginal pictures meant before creating our own designs in felt pen (chunky markers work well).
Some of Year 2's work:
To look at some more and their technique please click here:
Rose has already done two pieces of globetrotting art.
- Which countries or continents do you think she was inspired by?
- What did she use to create her art work?
- Which do you prefer and why?
- Why do you think she chose the colours that she did?
Before we go, we've just got time to stop off at a few more places around the globe where you might decide to get your inspiration from.
The Caribbean
South America
Instead of South American landscapes you could explore the world of traditional South American art - there are many different styles to choose from.....
There is also a whole world of Islamic Art, based on intricate patterns.
For our older Art Clubbers there are many tutorials on line to help you develop these complex, mathematical patterns such as this one.
We haven't touched on North America, Asia, The Polar Regions or Europe, but the art, landscape and colours of all these places is there for you to explore and be inspired by.
If you are already in a different country on holiday, but haven't got any art materials with you, why not use what is around you to create something and take a photo of that? If possibe choose things that really represent or show what the place is like.
Ms Khan is a BIG FAN of Bob Ross the American landscape painter. His Joy Of Painting series is currently being shown on BBC4 and is available on iPlayer. He also has a YouTube channel where you can watch the entire series. It's a very relaxing watch!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxcnsr1R5Ge_fbTu5ajt8DQ
Ms Khan is a BIG FAN of Bob Ross the American landscape painter. His Joy Of Painting series is currently being shown on BBC4 and is available on iPlayer. He also has a YouTube channel where you can watch the entire series. It's a very relaxing watch!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxcnsr1R5Ge_fbTu5ajt8DQ
There is a whole wide world of art out there, waiting for you to explore. Wherever you end up, enjoy and we look forward to seeing what you have been inspired to create.
As usual, when you finish your piece of art, please take a photo and send it by
Friday 24th July to:
Enjoy your Art Passport - it can take you anywhere in the world!
PS: Did you guess the locations of the pictures at the start of the post? Here are the answers:
1.Poland2.South America
3.Japan
4.Central American Desert
5.Finland
6.Pakistan
7.Greece
8.South Africa
9.China
10.Egypt
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