Artist In The School

This week we had an artist come to teach at our school.  She worked with us for three double periods to help us create beautiful works of art.  She taught us about The Group of Seven painter Tom Thomson and his paintings.

We learnt how to hold a paintbrush and mix colours.  We also learnt how to paint a background, mid-ground, and fore-ground using a technique called "patchworking" to create texture.  We used Tom Thomson's art work as inspiration when painting our own canvases.

When we finished our paintings we took time to celebrate our work together.

Our paintings turned out beautifully!

Our paintings were inspired by Tom Thomson's "Round Lake" and "The Jack Pine" paintings.

We also had the opportunity to do a work of art as a class.  This masterpiece was inspired by Tom Thomson's "Autumn Foliage".