Learning Objectives
During and Great Artist or Great Painting event Filbert will emphasise a number of learning objectives which are outlined below. If there are any specific elements, or learning objectives you would like Filbert to cover during his visit please make it clear at the time of booking and he will be pleased to incorporate them.
Outline of learning objectives covered by each artist
During the interactive recreation of the artist's life Filbert will express the ideas, feelings and motivations indicated under the individual artists tab.
Pablo Picasso 1881 - 1973
The
Interactive Session: Picasso was always looking for new
ways of working. He thrived on change and on never being satisfied with
the ordinary. He could create great art from the most obscure items,
forcing us to look at the world in new ways. No sooner had he mastered
a style than he changed it.
His work is about self-analysis, about how he feels about things around him as opposed to how they are seen.
Practical sessions: Children will learn to
- draw from odd angles
- draw and painting faces
- experiment with colour and shape
- become very confident about what he could do
- never give up
Vincent Van Gogh 1853 -1890
The
Interactive Session: Despite a tragic life and only
painting for 10 years he is a world class painter. His paintings are
all about him, tracing every moment and emotion in his life.
He was convinced he would become a great painter and never gave up,
despite his
problems.
He was self-taught, sometimes uses odd perspective but his use of colour is magical, his brushwork extraordinary and his ability to put emotion into his paintings is unsurpassed.
Practical sessions: Children will learn to
- create bold tonal drawing
- use bold colour mixes
- apply paint boldly
- see the importance of observational drawing
- use colour to express emotion
Claude Monet 1840 - 1926
The
Interactive Session: Claude Monet was the true leader
of the Impressionist movement and had an almost obsessional desire to
explore the elusive effects of light on the landscape.
He spent 40 years developing his garden at Giverny from which he produced his monumental Water lily paintings. He had the ability to suggest detail with lumps of crusty paint and yet we see everything we need to see.
Practical sessions: Children will learn to
- draw the landscape
- colour mix colour including 'greys'
- use imaginative ways of applying paint
- be bold and confident in the application of paint
Andy Warhol 1928 - 1987
The
Interactive Session: Andy Warhol was the supreme Pop
artist and an innovative entrepreneur who thrilled the art world in the
1960's.He had the ability to transform the images of everyday objects
into radical and long-lasting works of art.
His motivation was to become rich and famous by exploiting popular culture and adopting unique marketing strategies.Like any entrepreneur he always looked to express his ideas about modern culture in new and exciting ways.
Practical sessions: Children will learn to
- use digital imagery
- experiment with colour complementaries
- use consumer products as starting points
- to express new ideas in different ways
Salvador Dali 1904 - 1989
The
Interactive Session: Salvador Dali was one of the most
controversial and successful artists of the 20th century. He was an
enigma; was he really the great artist he claimed to be, or did his
genius lay in his ability to make us believe he was?
He constantly re-invented himself and took every opportunity for self promotion. For pure invention and the ability to produce remarkable imagery Dali cannot be beaten.
Practical sessions: Children will learn to
- explore their dreams
- find relationships between unrelated objects
- use surreal methods to create ideas
- become confident in expressing their own ideas
Wassily Kandinsky 1860 - 1944
The
Interactive Session: Wassily Kandinsky was one of the
pioneers of abstraction and was fascinated by the emotional and
spiritual power of colour and the abstract qualities of music.
His abstract paintings have no 'story' and are best seen as explorations of feeling and emotion. In many ways he creates the same effect in paint that music creates in our minds. He also had the ability to reduce an object - a horse, for example - to a very few simple lines and yet retain the essence of the power and movement of the animal.
Practical sessions: Children will learn to
- draw the essence of objects
- abstract shapes
- relate colour to mood/emotion
- represent how things are felt rather than seen
Henri Rousseau 1844 - 1910
The
Interactive Session: A
minor customs official that took up painting when he retired.
Self-taught, he worked in a very naive style that he genuinely believed
was on a par with the great artists of the past.
He painted like a child, but on a bigger scale.
He was obsessed by detail - you see every leaf on his trees - and usually had only one central object in his paintings. Yet his work possesses a child-like vitality, the quality children tend to lose as they grow up.
Practical sessions: Children will learn to
- draw animals and people from the side or front
- mix colour and understand colour relationships
- create large tonal ranges of a single colour
- draw and paint everything BIG
L S Lowry 1887 - 1976
The
Interactive Session:
A sufferer from Aspergers Syndrome he led a dual life, working as a
rent collector during the day and painting at night. He was over 50
years old before his paintings began to sell and when they did, his new
found wealth had little effect on him.
His paintings changed after criticism from a night school tutor, gone went the 'true to life' depictions of the industrial north to painting roads and most building white. Now his characters, based on observations from life, could be seen
Practical sessions: Children will learn to
- draw figures from life
- learn to draw buildings in perspective
- mix subdued colours and understand colour relationships
- how to compose a picture
