![]() Andy Goldsworthy, Rowan Leaves and Hole, 1987. One of my favorite artists that I first learned about from my early college years is Andy Goldsworthy, a born in 1956 in England. I love his impressive use of nature within nature. He uses the brilliance of nature to create a new experience. In many of his works he uses a circular placement of sticks, stones, leaves. In combination with the concept of a mandala we can all embrace what nature has to offer. In gathering things that surround us and rearranging them gives us a sense of beauty and importance. Mandalas have long since been a part of the human experience. From the ancient Minoan labyrinths, navajo mandalas, Tibetan monks, rosette windows of medieval cathedrals, and many other cultures, the placement and design in the round is as old as humankind.
A lot has been written on the subject of mandalas. Search for yourself! These are a few links I found informative:
https://www.invaluable.com/blog/what-is-a-mandala/ http://www.mandalaproject.org/What/Main.html https://artfulparent.com/mandalas-in-nature-mandala-art/
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In one of my lessons planned for the month of February and Black History Month is a Pop Art Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. I wanted to tie this legendary historical figure to a movement of the time. We looked at Andy Warhol's portraits and talked about his collaboration with the artist Jean-Michael Basquiat. The students watched Mr. Martin Luther's speech, I Have a Dream. We talked about some of their observations. We talked about the civil rights movement of the 1960s and how Martin Luther was an advocate for equal rights for African Americans but also for other minorities, women, and people with disabilities. I downloaded this printable from the blog link listed below. I used color theory as part of the lesson. Student were to chose a primary, secondary, cool, or warm color palette. In a variety of ways to service all student levels we colored plain paper in kindergarten with markers, colored pencils, or crayons. Older students used sharpies to color transparencies for a stained glass look. In this particular printable we talked about the word chosen on the bottom "dream".
![]() Inspiration Andy Warhol (1930-1987) loved celebrities, so he painted them as well. From these beginnings he developed his later style and subjects. Instead of working on a signature subject matter, as he started out to do, he worked more and more on a signature style, slowly eliminating the handmade from the artistic process. Warhol frequently used silk-screening; his later drawings were traced from slide projections. At the height of his fame as a painter, Warhol had several assistants who produced his silk-screen multiples, following his directions to make different versions and variations. Jean-Michel Basquiat's (1960-1988) art focused on ideas such as wealth versus poverty, integration versus segregation, and inner versus outer experience. Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968) Was a Civil Rights Activist that not only stood up against segregation and the equality of african Americans but also for the rights of women and people with disabilities. Link to Martin Luther Jr"s speech I Have a Dream www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/martin-luther-king-i-have-a-dream-video-washington-dc-lincoln-memorial-civil-rights-movement-a8286926.html Link to Printable and other Martin Luther Jr Projects www.triedandtrueblog.com/martin-luther-king-day-window-art/ ![]()
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