The Louvre Cartoons

Louvre Cartoons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND-EjMuYd6w

Prime Minister's Christmas Card Competition

https://www.beehive.govt.nz/feature/christmascard?fbclid=IwAR3w10MYwlbw2Tmq4qHLkkukqRbyad_AiWerWAn4IvqVrKHbk5mt-BWX2Xo

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It’s that time of year again! If you’d like to help design the Prime Minister’s official Christmas card, here’s how to take part:

Draw, paint, sketch or craft an image you’d like to see on the front of this year’s Christmas card. It can be anything you want - a traditional Christmas tree, a Kiwi beach scene, or whatever Christmas means to you and your family – then send it in to the Prime Minister. Your design might be chosen to appear on the Prime Minister’s official Christmas card!

All designs should be one-sided, and created on A4 paper.

Send your entries to the Prime Minister by email to: primeminister@parliament.govt.nz or by post to: Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern, Freepost Parliament, Private Bag 18 888, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160.

Please include the artist’s name, age and postal address in the email body, or on the back of the design (if posting it in).

Entries close at 5pm, Wednesday 11 November 2020.

Please note, entries cannot be returned – you might like to take a photo of your drawing before sending it in. Only one entry per person is allowed, and all entries may be displayed in an exhibition at the end of the year.Deadline 5pm 11th November

“Incomplete” Sculptures Capture the Playful and Timid Personalities of Children

https://mymodernmet.com/figurative-sculptures-lene-kilda/?fbclid=IwAR1cpmTmCeZP8bS8BcnDfKPazwek_jPW0iLun-Aoa0N3ztMIa_9evEL9cFw

SCAPE Public Art Re:ACTIVATE Open Call to Aspiring Artists 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Is7w3drwkM7ulxASDy6OTFvsdm_sVf9b

Art a form of communication for Christchurch artist Da Won Choi

https://www.facebook.com/chchartshow.co.nz/videos/719446292167344/
https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/art-and-stage/visual-art/84514484/art-a-form-of-communication-for-christchurch-artist-da-won-choi
Being creative is about having a vision in you head. That is what generates our  art.

Korean-born Da Won Choi spent most of his childhood drawing – his main form of communication.

His parents noticed he drew cars in three dimensional form rather than just connecting lines like other 4-year-olds. 

In 2000, his father was invited to serve at a Korean church in Christchurch. Da Won was aged 9 when he moved with his family to New Zealand.

Profoundly deaf with extremely low vision, his growing up years were difficult.

"It got even harder when my family moved here. I was starting to learn Korean and Korean sign language properly then I needed to learn a whole new language from scratch and adapt to a new culture. I couldn't find ways to communicate my thoughts clearly except through art," he said.

"It's been a difficult process. I do feel that at times, I cannot fully express or communicate my feelings. There are still limitations."

One of his works, titled Deaf Sense, reveals his confusion over his identity as a Kiwi and a deaf and vision-impaired person.

"I communicated through drawings and spent a lot of time alone with pen and paper when young, because art was my only form of expression."

Da Won is also partly colour blind. He uses black pens to draw "because it's what I can see clearly", but recently started experimenting and introducing colours to his work.

Many of his pieces are based on his interests in architecture and vehicles.

"I hope one day I can design a concept car that I may be able to ride on my own," he said.

He favours contrasting ideas in his art, such as mixing nature with technology.

"I've done a few drawings of birds and trees. With them, I have been using those ideas to collaborate and came up with an idea a city on a hill and rebuilding Christchurch.

He researches artists for inspiration, loves reading and catching up with friends, and hopes to travel.

His inspiration is Helen Keller.

"She has encouraged, challenged and inspired so many. I really want to live a life like hers – to give hope to others." 

Jig Saw

https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=20f365cdc5f3
Girls with a Pearl earring puzzle

Michel Tuffery free colouring in.

https://mailchi.mp/micheltuffery/5qi1778s61?fbclid=IwAR1Q02VxKliVHjkrgsczKu8Xf-nqJCRkjtEw5b22dKYSeeGZAc7vlj6iX2Y
Michel Tuffery free colouring in. This time W for Whale.

Michel Tuffery colouring in Moa

https://mailchi.mp/micheltuffery/m-for-moa-colouring-in-page?fbclid=IwAR1a4j2tFXbpEfPLxvq9PJ_Qkluu6zTyc61MpGIcssRQ_78BDnXXsOz1ttE

Click on he link to get your free colouring in page by Michel Tuffery.

One Minute in a Museum

One Minute in a Museum

Venus and Graces
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqxKwIox4Nw&list=PLXLB812R3GOmijo_-Vi512KbohOBQPiWM&index=14

Mona Lisa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND-EjMuYd6w&list=PLXLB812R3GOmijo_-Vi512KbohOBQPiWM&index=7

Winged Victory of Samothrace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dazud18sU2Y&list=PLXLB812R3GOmijo_-Vi512KbohOBQPiWM&index=6

Head of a Princess
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh6I6xXhs88&list=PLXLB812R3GOmijo_-Vi512KbohOBQPiWM&index=2

These are short Cartoons from The Louvre Museum in Paris about some of their artworks.
There are lots more , just search.

Eric Carl in celebrating The Very Hungry Caterpillar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYG1tLt5GCQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCaFkD5xrXI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYwE8qALm9M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqqtq1UaTiE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wXWLaVX8Mw

Eric Carl celebrating The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

This shows how Eric Carl created some of his illustrations.
Why not have a go yourself.

Amazing sculptures

A Menagerie of Animals Covered in Surreal Landscapes of Flora and Fauna by Ellen Jewett

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2017/04/porcelain-animals-ellen-jewett/?fbclid=IwAR2_J_t4hFYNAgmUpC9aN5dp29rUDRGkwMuTi70ULAV8vA70qbbdqXn3y0Y

Bubble Photography Competition 2020

Bubble Photography Competition 2020
Closes 6pm Friday 22nd May
Top Prize Fujifilm Instax 9 mini camera.

Theme - Tūrangawaewae - Our safe place, the place where we feel we belong.

This is being run by Tayla Eagle and Heaton Art Extension.

We would like you to take photographs of things you and your family have been doing in your bubble that have helped you feel safe and have given you a sense of belonging.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IIMonk3H2B_n0VBf8Hg-HbpBQUG47SOcsJAjzXCkDd4/edit

Rousseau Collage

Make and create: a collage inspired by Rousseau's 'Surprised!'

Watch along as Bethan, one of our Educators at the National Gallery, London, 
creates a jungle-inspired work of art using just materials you can find at home.

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/henri-rousseau-surprised

or find out about Turner's 'Rain, Steam and Speed 
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/joseph-mallord-william-turner-rain-steam-and-speed-the-great-western-railway

Art and Cooking!

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The Kiss by Gustav Klimt in Pizza
What could you do?

Jackie Morris

https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/april/cover-the-lost-spells-jackie-morris-robert-macfarlane.html?fbclid=IwAR1xBbvl6BKGHXSGB6OVBFU04ggLsepwSOX1GrMfkZ88vDju2t_FiQOb-EE

‘I feared I would never paint again’: Behind the cover of ‘The Lost Spells’

Jackie Morris tells the story of creativity and grief that fuelled the
making of her new book with Robert Macfarlane.

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I love the words and illustration and 

the music for the lost spells is beautiful.

Henri's Scissors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQckIfzN9I&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2pQq2putEhEyJHj9Vlqmd_ggDumCUUfARIhXgbPuNvJgMrBsIuTQqnBSs
This is a lovely narration of a book about Henri Matisse's Scissors.

Henri's Scissors By Jeanette Winter. Narrated and orchestrated by Grandma Gentry with the help from garage band samples!

An idea to get you going.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFjctVp2wLs&fbclid=IwAR0tJQUpoZhhGEwqJWMPuWJzDt6cePKLGmTiUoQw-ksXTJm4nzDeV_uY4Bo

Blue Globe Competition

https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/blog/note/2020/04/blue-globe-stories-from-christchurch-art-gallery-t

You are invited to take part in Blue Globe: Stories from Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū. It’s a chance to feed your curiosity, feel inspired and challenge your creative side. And it’s easy. All you have to do is choose any artwork from the Gallery’s collection online and create a short piece of writing inspired by it. 

Entries are free and judged in three categories: 8–10 years, 11–14 years and 15–18 years. There will be prizes for the highly commended works and the winner of each category will have their piece published here on this website and in the September edition of Bulletin, our award-winning magazine. The winners will also be awarded a $100 voucher for the Design Store and they will be invited, with their families, to an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of Christchurch Art Gallery when we're once again open to the public.

Blue Globe: Stories from Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū will run from Friday 10 April and will finish at midnight Friday 1 May 2020. 
Geoff Dixon Blue globe / Big ark 1998. Mixed media. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 1999. Reproduced courtesy the artist

She Can Code

Amazing competition for Girls and Non-Binary students
Pushing the art boundaries but I great challenge for your creative thinking.

https://www.shecancode.nz/2020?fbclid=IwAR16FY88NrYyCJHa_Fph5aUhrl1nQiA_TGEr2AP-vifIryUPHj000j8wFzg

Win your own Sphero, or if you’re a teacher a technology kit for your classroom.There are rad prizes for the best entries! Be in to win a Sphero or mini Sphero. Teachers and leaders who register on behalf of students will also be in to win a technology kit with a Sphero, a MakeyMakey and a Micro:bit, as well as other prizes. Read about the competition’s Prizes and Terms and Conditions.

new Competition , finishes on 18th April!

Congratulations to Tayla room 19 who won the photography section of this competition.

Monster Competition

https://www.eenymeeny.co.nz/monsterchallenge?fbclid=IwAR3xZ-e82Mra6603VgIqq6f8j6jZSqjSDtZFH8x2IhGVrhSBRNAoLdvsOE4

Eeny Meeny create a monster competition. Great Prizes
Create an Eeny Meeny monster of your choice out of anything you like. You might paint it, draw it, sculpt it or even build it from Lego. The more creative the better! 

Green Graffiti

What to do with a dirty car window or wall. Reverse or Green  graffiti.

Flottage

In tern 1 we learnt about Frottage and Collage. well here is Flottage!
https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/blog/collection/2005/08/flottage-by-carolyn-menzies

Chalk drawing idea

Lockdown idea. Send me your photos.

Many congratulations to sisters Grace and Lucy for being the first students to give this a go. They have earned a prize for when they return to school.

 by Kara Holbin
or be really ambitious

Tara Donovan Sculpting Everyday Materials

Tara Donovan
Sculpting Everyday Materials

Everyday materials like drinking straws, tooth pics and needle pins are elements used by American artist Tara Donovan, when she creates her amazing sculptural works: “Inspiration is a joke, real artists sit down and work” Donovan says. 

Tara Donovan (b. 1969) is fascinated by everyday materials, which she turns into sculptures. She regards herself as a kind of scientist, investigating the potential of different materials, transforming and shaping them, making them transcend themselves and turning them into holistic Gestalten of their own. The element of light plays an important role in Donovan’s artworks, as her materials take light in and reflect it different ways. “My sculptures become activated by the movement of the observer” Donovan says. Her works vary in size, depending on the surrounding architecture and the size of the room, they are shown in. She goes on to explain how the magic happens within the sculptures, underlining that her sculptures are artworks rather than critical comments. “I feel like my work is mimicking the ways of nature, not necessarily mimicking nature per ce.” Donovan states.

In the video we hear the voice of Tara Donovan, who doesn’t like to be filmed. Her works are exhibited for the first time in Europe in February 2013 at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.

Tara Donovan was interviewed by Marc-Christoph Wagner at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.

Camera: Mathias Nyholm
Produced by: Mathias Nyholm and Marc-Christoph Wagner
Music by: Trentemøller.
Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2013

https://channel.louisiana.dk/video/tara-donovan-sculpting-everyday-materials

Art is where the home is

Welcome to the ‘Art is where the home is’ activity pack! On the following pages lots of artists have designed lots of fun activities for you to make and do at home. You can choose to do one or two of them, or all of them. You can do them on your own or with other people, morning, noon or night.

https://firstsite.uk/content/uploads/2020/04/Firstsite_Art-is-where-the-home-is.2020-04-03.pdf

FROM VIRTUAL TO REALITY

Jonathan Yeo - British Artist.

JONATHAN’S LARGE-SCALE BRONZE SCULPTURAL SELF-PORTRAIT ENTITLED HOMAGE TO PAOLOZZI (SELF PORTRAIT) MARKED HIS FIRST FORAY INTO SCULPTURE AND REPRESENTS AN EVOLUTION IN THE TRADITION OF CREATING SELF- PORTRAITURE, PRODUCED BY USING CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY.

 

https://www.jonathanyeo.com/from-virtual-to-reality

Frank Hurley - Australian Photographer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIF1S7vFmZs&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR0okALWBbJP7t0bDkDFghNug46KwlIAoiZSczhKKHJO_uI3adNaUDJS2Nc
ANZAC Day approaches
Have a look at this Australian Photographers work.


Dr James Fox: Age of the Image: S1E1 Frank Hurley

Artist Tightly Rolls Newspaper to Craft Incredibly Detailed Animal Sculptures

https://mymodernmet.com/chie-hitotsuyama-paper-trails/?fbclid=IwAR3vFi3kWeelAbfBwskyecWZPjKUznpUkgUH2bwVy1lAFHYQ5wTUkl-zW5E

Five groundbreaking women ceramic artists you need to know

https://www.gardinermuseum.on.ca/five-groundbreaking-women-ceramic-artists-need-know/?fbclid=IwAR18oTsgYnZqFfIW6TdodHTTnF_He5hFDTFWh738zy8YCCJLPbwocW6muPg

The Sculptor Who Persisted: "He Almost Whipped All the Art Out of Me"

Augusta Fells Savage working on her sculpture entitled "The Harp"








https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=29003&fbclid=IwAR2lU3s1W1elBEuwXquN8xCIh6CZFCo5xUUwp4JDmInmZu1mybovW7eOldM

Artist M.C. Escher Demonstrates His Artistic Process in a Fascinating Documentary About His Life

https://laughingsquid.com/mc-escher-documentary/?fbclid=IwAR1nLwphIMhMdDhiICI5EXAZCBipbzPvWaNZOv0LYZUyFVrhHZ34YOXUsGw

Breathtaking Winners of the 2019 International Landscape Photographer of the Year Contest

https://mymodernmet.com/international-landscape-photographer-contest-2019/?fbclid=IwAR1X6Wkh3U_fkSmA3i3rVBSuTGgFESFxT3etOROLF5Z9SE14h6TDCIxZWQI&fbclid=IwAR0Cy4pFAiLXw3xp1HeDEhv755ArP8XlqeKme-Mz6RhFFLxxJABXrLURkF0

Katie Patterson

http://katiepaterson.org/
Art and science by a Scottish Artist
Have a look. 

Some of the  Fossil Necklace Beads

Pottery for restaurants

https://youtu.be/H1QYeuy3buE

30 Artists Taking Pottery To The Next Level

These artists are masters at pottery. Whether they are using techniques that are thousands of years old or taking inspiration from the modern-day world around them, they create pieces that are one of a kind. They shape, carve, paint, and design their works in ways that make them stand out
https://youtu.be/z2APU5ob9Og

What to do with old CDS.

https://mymodernmet.com/animal-sculptures-cd-recycled-art/?fbclid=IwAR0T--_wfccZfTy7-xJ3LzV9laEoVPPhbnsd8KWTsEINu2gfYhQoOPr3adI

Biggest Bird Sculpture in the world.

https://www.thinkinghumanity.com/2019/05/the-largest-bird-sculpture-on-earth-took-artists-10-years-to-complete.html?fbclid=IwAR1RbyWDDgRUCpuEuqera44fI4CJE5nfpG91eRhqoKb7J9EBH71HPdtFNwQ

Leonardo's notebooks online

Leonardo da Vinci’s Visionary Notebooks Now Online: Browse 570 Digitized Pages

“Quick, what do you know about Leonardo da Vinci? He painted the Mona Lisa! He wrote his notes backwards! He designed supercool bridges and flying machines! He was a genius about, um… a lot of other… things… and, um, stuff… Okay, I’m sure you know a bit more than that, but unless you’re a Renaissance scholar, you’re certain to find yourself amazed and surprised at how much you didn’t know about the quintessential Renaissance man when you encounter a compilation of his notebooks—Codex Arundel—which has been digitized by the British Library and made available to the public.”http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=arundel_ms_263_f001r