Abintra Art - Week 23 (2012 - 2013 School Year)

EC students have been working on matching sets of paintings from different European artists such as Matisse, Miró, Renoir, and Van Gogh.

LE created these beautiful landscape paintings using watercolor and the paper they made in their previous art class.

Landscape on handmade paper by Rachel

ME was introduced to Wycinanki, or Polish paper cutouts, representing the Tree of Life. The original Polish designs usually included birds, flowers, hearts and lacey designs and were cut with sheep shears. The students used color opposites for contrast when gluing the trees on a backing.

Tree of Life by Caroline

During the European Renaissance, painters moved from using egg tempura to using oil paint. UE kicked off their study of Renaissance painting by experimenting with both. They enjoyed making their own egg tempura by mixing the yolk with pigment. 

 
UE also visited the Schermerhorn Symphony Center to see the dress rehearsal of the Nashville Symphony performing Tchaikovsky and Copland.  Copland’s colorful El Salón México opened the performance with lively Latin rhythms. Full of dramatic, explosive music, Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony is a powerful masterpiece that finds the great Russian composer triumphing over adversity

MS studied the sculptures of Alexander Calder. After viewing and discussing his mobiles, wire sculptures, and stables, each student designed a mobile influenced by his work.

AC has been practicing their weaving skills.