Week 6 Monday Group

We started our Other Cultures project tonight. There was a lot of discussion about Islam and the arts of medieval Islamic art. Also shown are some of the completed Cotman Project paintings. There is a good range of other cultures chosen by each member of the group. Here are the early stage images:

Other Cultures: more information and resources

This is for both Monday and Tuesday Groups Other Cultures Project:

Practical Hot Tip: when choosing your example from Islamic Art choose a small detail that you particularly like, perhaps a corner rather than trying to replicate the whole image. Enlarging this detail for your A3 sheet of paper will reveal the brilliance of the design. This will not only make it easier it will also help you to understand better the qualities in this way of creating art.

There are new resources for our Other Cultures project in the Resource Page "Equality and Diversity" on the right of this page.

You will find:

• links to images showing examples from non-figurative medieval Islamic
• links to information on the beliefs and ethics and how these influenced the arts in Islamic countries
• links to information that show how modern the thinking and attitude was towards the arts in medieval Islamic art and culture and how interesting this is when compared to the so-called abstract revolution in 20th century art thinking
• the important role maths was playing in the visual and spiritual works of this culture

From these links:

1. Try to find out why Islamic art did not show the world in a figurative or representative way. 

2. Try to find out why geometry was considered a good metaphor for the spiritual world.
3. Find out how maths came into the thinking behind the art and its meaning.

It's all there in our resource pages and the links. The information is short and clear, it won't take more than say 30 minutes to find the answers so don't panic!

Week 5 Tuesday Group

Tonight we started our "In the style of…John Sell Cotman" project. A good range of subjects and approaches. Excellent start.

Alan

Elizabeth 

James

Joyce

Margaret

Maurice

Norrey

Olwyn

Tom

Week 5 Monday Group

We started on our new project "In the style of…John Sell Cotman" this week. A great start by all!

Connie

Jan

Joan

Maria

Maria

Marie

Marie

Melanie

Patricia

Steve

Steve

Tom

Tom

Other Cultures Project (our next one)

Other Cultures Projects 2013/2014

Our next project is looking at non-figurative patterns in ancient art from other cultures especially Islam. In our Resources Page "Equality & Diversity" you will find a sample collection from a variety of sources such as the V&A Museum, London., The Muslim Times Online, and Wikipedia. I will add more soon and some contextual background information. Meanwhile use any of these for your patterns or have a search for similar ones online or in your local public library. You will also need some gold paint from a craft shop e.g. Details in Newcastle. This will add a bit of excitement to your paintings!!

Art In Action, Dunston 12 November 2013

7.15 pm            Doors Open

7.30 pm            Talk by David Hirst – “Art along the Tyne”

8.00 pm            Interval with wine and refreshments – art demonstrations and chance to view exhibition

8.45 pm            Talk by Rev David Atkinson – “A Journey Through My Paintings”

9.15 pm            View demonstrations, prize draw

The £5.00 ticket charge includes wine and canapés, raffle ticket and entry to the event

If anyone else in our two water-colours classes has an art related event to advertise please ask Bernard. 

Half Term

No classes next week, Monday 28 or Tuesday 29 October. Back on Monday 4 and Tuesday 5 November. Meanwhile there are some examples of Cotman's watercolours in the resources pages on the right of this post. Enjoy your break everyone!