Ms. Lara
The students learned about the life and art technique of New York artist Keith Haring. They practiced how to add emotion and motion by the use of lines. The children where then asked to illustrate the most important thing (for them)that makes F.A.C.E. school special. Here its is…
Andy Warhol
After having studied Andy Warhol`s techique, the children created their own Popart piece​ by etching their picture onto scratch foam and stamping it several times.
Ce qu`on aime manger - À la façon de Warhol
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Nature Morte
The students examined various examples of Still Life pieces paying particular attention to the shape and light portrayed in them. Using pumpkins as subjects, the students practiced sketching with charcoal as well as with dry pastels.
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Ce qui nous fait crier comme Munch
The children learned about perspective drawing. They practices drawing one point perspective landscapes. They, then discussed the feelings interpreted in Edvar Munch`s "The Scream", and proceeded to creat their very own version of this famous painting.
Mixed media (print and pastels)
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Scènes d`automne à la manière des maîtres fauvistes
After leaning some of the techniques (traits brutes, jeux de lumière, couleurs pures) of the artists from the Fauviste art mouvement (Matisse, Braque, Derain,...) The
students created their favorite automne
scenes by painting various textures and then
cutting out shapes to form images.
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À la manière de Thomas Lamadieu
As part of our ''Pensée créative unit'',the students learned about negative and possitive spaces. They then examined the work of French artist Thomas Lamadieu and they had fun putting their creative brains to work as they trasformed various images of Montreal' skies into their very own pieces of art. click here to see exhibit
Si j'etais une créature
After looking at various animal characteristics, the students merged 2 to 3 animals to create their very own beast. They used acrylic paint and chalk to create texture and watercolor wash for the background. Click here to see student`s work
Flakepad
The students learned about the contemporary snowflake artist edward L.Platt and his scientific passion for snowflakes. They then examined various snowflakes and noticed their 6 sided symetrical pattern characteristic. The students experimented with this young artits's flakepad program and then tried the more traditional pencil and paper version. You can play around with this fun program by clicking on the link above.
Le mouvement à la manière de DEGAS
The students learned about the life and techiniques of Edgar Degas. They worked with a peer to sketch each other in an ''action pose''. They then used dry pastels to color and ''smudge'' as they tried to capture the feeling of mouvement in their pieces.
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Autoportraits à la manière de CHUCK CLOSE
The children discovered the story and technique behind theAmerican artist Chuck Close. By using a grid and color patterns they produced their very own portrait.
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OP ART
The students used lines and color pattern to create 'Optical Art' Can you see the hidden hearts ?
Sculptures Olympiques
Inspired by Team Canada, the students created wire sculptures to represent a Pyeong Chang 2018 Olympian. They used shoe boxes to create the sculpture's surroundings.
GO CANADA GO!!
Masques africaines
Le Printemps à la manière de Georgia O'Keeffe
The students used a view finder to help them enlarge a part of a chosen flower. They sketched it and traced their drawing with black glue.
Finaly they used chalk pastels and their fingers to color their
beautiful creations.
Où dans le monde est...
After learning about "Le plan d'image" (premier plan, deuxième plan et plan d'arrière), the students created a three dimentional postcard of a place they would like to go to... and of course they brought themselves there.