The Everlasting Drawing- a one line drawing

Easter Topiary Trees #2

Adding decorations to the crepe-paper covered eggs- feathers, glitters, flowers, coloured paper, cellophane...the sky is the limit!

Some moss and a raffia bow do the finishing touches, and Viola'! Aren't our Easter Topiary Trees awesome or what?! :-)

Easter Topiary Trees

Stage 1 =)

Sponge printing the rim

Drawing patterns using oil pastels on terracotta clay

Mixing mixture of water and Plaster of Paris

Pouring mixture of Plaster of Paris in pots and inserting a fresh twig from a vine tree

Leaving to set and dry :-)

Our Easter eggs for the top of our topiary trees may not look so tempting...for now. Check them next week! :-)

Assorted....

Gianluca proudly showing off his just-ready tempera on canvas painting with a theme inspired from Monet

Seeing colour in white; texture and experimenting with glass

Leopard in pencil...starting off!

Owls inspired by Piet Mondrian's Golden Section

Piet Mondrian: An Abstract Painter from The Netherlands

A picture in the style of Mondrian.

Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan, Jr., (March 7, 1872-February 1, 1944) was a Dutch abstract painter born in Amersfoort (he is usually referred to as Piet Mondrian). He painted in a spare, precise, geometric manner mostly using primary colors (red, blue and yellow,) whilst making use of the neutral colours (white and black.) His use of yellow was referred to as The Golden Section, which balances out the whole of the painting.

It was a style that Mondrian called neoplasticism ("nieuwe beelding" in Dutch).

Mondrian was born in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. After studying to be a teacher, Mondrian studied art at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten (Amsterdam Academy of Fine Arts) from 1892 until 1897. During this time, he painted mostly landscapes (including a series on trees). 

He moved to Paris, France, around 1912. During World War 1, he moved back to the Netherlands. In 1917, he, Theo van Doesburg, and some others founded a very influential art magazine called "De Stijl," which means "The Style." 

In 1919, Mondrian returned to Paris, where he stayed until 1938. That year, he moved to London, England, where he painted for two years. In 1940, he moved to New York, USA, where he spent the final four years of his life. 

Mondrian's paintings did not sell very well during his lifetime. Mondrian had his first one-man show when he was 70 years old (two years before he died of pneumonia); it was at the Valentin Dudensing Gallery in New York City.

We put Mondrian's geometric style to the test whilst we kept on the same theme of owls...we also observed how we can split a square into 2 rectangles, a rectangle into 2 squares, and so on. More owls inspired by Mondrian coming soon!

The Groovy Owl-ish Weekend =)

The inspiration was a colourful and cute cushion from Primark... and here's what we have taken it to:

We set off designing our own owl, bursting with mismatched, yet coordinating patterns, designs and colours! Cuteness and coolness guaranteed! =) Newspaper collage and watercolour background added to the groovy and mismatched style.

More funky owls...

A twist in the subject: a Cubist-inspired portrait featuring oil pastels and watercolour on newspaper print by Ryan.

My Flower Bed

A lovely surprise- the sweetest and prettiest flower bed I have ever seen by Ylenia! =)