INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY 21ST SEPTEMBER

Surfing in the web I found this idea...
...and this is what I got
LET'S GET TO WORK!

We can practice textures too!

25th ANNIVERSARY !!!!

To celebrate the 25th ANNIVERSARY of the JOAQUÍN ARAÚJO HIGH SCHOOL, the 1st grade students made these beautifull collages using tactile textures.

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER HOLIDAYS!!!!

COLOUR WHEEL

A DIFFERENT TYPE OF COLOUR WHEEL...

As I knew you all were tired of making the same colour wheel blending colours, again and again...

... I suggested that we create a textured colour wheel!
It was a good way of encouraging team work!

WORKING WITH M.C. ESCHER

M.C.ESCHER

During this third term, we have focused our attention on one of the greatest artist in the History of Art: M. C. Escher

Click on the link if you want to know more about this great artist.

Throughout this term we have been practising module tessellations as well as complementary and warm-cool colours. Here you have these beautiful examples made by 1st and 3rd grade students.

And we have also used his famous patterns to practice visual textures!

GOOD JOB!!!!!!

Let's ride this out!

Hi all!!!! I know we're in the middle of winter but let's warm up a little bit with these great SURFBOARDS DESIGNS! They were made by our 3rd of ESO students! Enjoy and dream of summer time!

CHRISTMAS CARDS CONTEST

CHRISTMAS CARDS CONTEST

All students are invited to participate

INSTRUCTIONS:

• SIZE: A5
• FREE TECHNIQUE
• NAME AND CLASS ON THE BACK. DON'T SIGN IT ON THE FRONT!!!
• DUE DATE: DECEMBER, 5th. Hand in to your Art teacher or tutor  before the due date.

PRIZE: 

There will be a total of two prizes; one for all ESO levels and the other for Bachillerato. The winners will receive a GIFT CARD FOR 35 EUROS TO " El Corte Inglés", and the Christmas Card will be sent to our families wishing everyone Merry Christmas.

 BE CREATIVE!!!

These are your beautiful Christmas Cards!

And the winners....
Javier Fernández Doroteo 3*B ESO
Lourdes Martín Rodelgo 2*C BACH.

Congratulations!!!

I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2015!

welcome to Wonderland!

HI!  STARTING ... THIS NEW YEAR!

After a long period off, we come back again this year with tones of excitement and new ideas for the classes.
One of them is related to the famous book " Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland". This is more than just a children´s book...so...
...Alice in Wonderland will be  our main theme this year ! Whether you read it or not, you liked it or not, I am sure 

yOU'll enJOy youR sTay in Wonderland

MAD HATTER'S HAT

MAD HATTER'S HAT

'Take some more tea', the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.
'I´ve had nothing yet', Alice replied in an offended tone, 'so I can't take more'.
'You mean you can't take less', said the Hatter: 'it's very easy to take more than nothing'.

A mad Tea-Party.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll.

 Illustrations by John Tenniel

Aims:

The students will create their own design of a Mad Hatter Hat for Halloween.

Materials you need: 

• Pencil, compass, ruler.
• Construction paper, cardboard or postal boxes for the frame.
• Any material you can imagine to decorate your creation (color fabric, paints, cutouts from magazines,...whatever) BE CREATIVE!!!!!
• Scissors.
• Glue stick.

Steps:

Follow the instructions to build the frame.

Making the brim:

On a piece of cardboard or thick paper, poke a hole in the middle.
The dimensions of this hole should fit your head, so measure the outline of your head first, grab a compass and draw a circumference.

To find the radius of the circle, follow the next instructions. Don't forget to check your class notes about it.

You sometimes see the word 'circumference' to mean the curved line that goes around the circle. An accurate definition would be: “a curve, falt, closed line in which all its points are equidistant from another point called center” Other times it means the length of that line. And that is what we know, that length, the outline of our head. To find the radius we have to use this formula.

Perimeter of the circle= 2πr

The Perimeter of the circle (length of the circumference) relates to one of the most important mathematical constants, the Greek letter π (“pi”). Whose numerical value is 

3.14159 26535 89793…. (you can use 3,14)

Now, trace a concentric circumference bigger than the first one. Two or more circles are said to be concentric if they have the sane centre

Finally, cut out the center and cut around the larger circle.

Making The truncated cone ring of the hat.

Get  a piece of cardboard that is thin and flexible,and cut it into  a truncated cone shape that tightly fits into the hole in the brim. Notice you must place it facing down. Make one inch slits all around both edges of the cone. 


 Follow the instructions below!

Fold the slit edge inward.

Spread glue about 1 inch all around the edsge of the brim you cut out in step1, and paste them.

Making the top of the hat.

Repeat again the steps in point 1 to get the circumference fron the perimeter of the circle and draw a circle big enough to cover the top of the hat.
You naw are finished building the hat and can move onto step 4- Finishing touches!

Finishing touches.

Tou have completed the basic structure of the hat. You can now paint it and/or add decorations to your liking to transform it in a real Mad Hatter's Hat.

Illustrations by John Tenniel

Instructions...

...and now your hAtS!

YUKO ADACHI

Today I would like to introduce to you this fine art artist that I met some years ago when I was attending a course in Boston.

Here it is her blog. Take a look at it!

COLOUR with Hundertwasser

Hi, This is our new activity about colour that we will do in class this week, you can take a look at it!

COOL AND WARM COLOURS WITH HUNDERTWASSER

HISTORY: FRIEDENSREICH HUNDERTWASSER

He was born in 1928 in Vienna.

Born Friedrich Stowasser, he changed his name to Friedensreich Hundertwasser. His name, Friedensreich Hundertwasser means, "Peace-Kingdom Hundred-Water".

He died in the year 2000 on his way from New Zealand to Europe on board the Queen Elizabeth 2.

Hundertwasser was a painter, architect, ecologist and visionary.

MATERIALS:

Felt tip pens
Pencils
Drawing paper.

DISCUSSION

Discuss Hundertwasser in class after listening to your teacher’s explanation and Power Point Presentation. Describe the painting style of Hundertwasser. Try to understand Hundertwasser’s world. Observe and discuss the style, technique, and colour used by him. Then think about the differences between cool and warm colours.

ASIGMENT:

Using the painting of Hundertwasser given for your teacher, that is divided in two parts, colour each part with warm and cool colours.

CLASS CRITIQUE

Share and contrast your finished work with your class-mates.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Book: “HUNDERTWASSER” - Harry Rand- TASCHEN;

Here you have some examples made by students of 1º ESO 2010-2011. I hope they help!

Now search for information about this artist and add some pics of his paintings, architecture work,...in the comments.

Hundertwasser from escuadraypincel

HUNDERTWASSER ARCHITECT

Recently I managed to travell to Vienna and these are some of the pics that I made of two of the most famous buildings made by Hundertwasser.

Now please watch this presentation, and follow the instructions. This is about drawing trees in the style of Hundertwasser.

Friedrich hundertwasser trees from escuadraypincel
presentation by tes.co.uk

SPIRALS WITH HUNDERTWASSER

and now a little more challenging...

Do you think you could create an artwork using spirals in the style of Hundertwasser?
Try hard!

Here you have some examples of last years artwoks. They are beautiful!

1º E.S.O. 2010-2011