On Monday the grade two classes will be going to the 4Cats Art Studio in Edgemont. While we are there, each of us will create a splatter painting of one of the areas of Canada. These areas include Nunavut and the Arctic, Nova Scotia and the East Coast, Alberta and the Prairies Provinces, and Edgemont in Calgary.
We learned that we are not the only artists creating splatter art to represent the world around us. A famous artist named Jackson Pollock began creating Action Paintings in the 1950's as part of the abstract expressionist art movement. He would have large canvases and flick, drip, splatter, and plop paint all over the canvases as he listened to his favourite music. Today in class we created our own Action Paintings in the style of Jackson Pollock as we listened to George Gershiwin's song, Summertime. Pollock used to listen to this song while he painted. We created our first marker and pencil crayon Action Painting with our eyes closed and three colors. Then our second paintings with our eyes open or closed with many more colors. Students said they felt free to create as artists while they using their entire bodies to create the action art. Here is a great link to more information about Jackson Pollock and the art that has inspired around the world. Comments are closed.
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