Artist Focus: Franz Marc

Franz Marc was the most popular of all the German Expressionists.

He was a pioneer in the birth of abstract art at the beginning of the twentieth-century. He founded a new program for art based on exuberant color and on profoundly felt emotion portrayed with color. 

Franz Marc was born on February 8, 1880, in Munich, Germany. He studied at the Munich Art Academy and traveled to Paris several times where he saw the work of Gauguin, Van Gogh, and the Impressionists. Tragically, Marc was killed in World War I at the age of thirty-six, but not before he had created some of the most exciting and touching paintings of the Expressionist movement.

Using vibrant color and copying Franz Marc's originals gave the 

students great exposer to this artist and the Expressionist techniques. 

What do you think?

Painting Toucans

Do you see a Toucan or a Hand??

Painting Toucans~And learning about

overlap and seeing things in front of...and behind things. 

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!"

Philippians 4:13

Self Portraits~Younger Class

The students learned the proportions of the face. 

They also included simple details to tell the viewer of 

their paintings something about themselves.

They did a fantastic job!! :)

Self Portraits

Self Portraits...with minimal instruction...

We'll learn all semester and then do another self portrait and compare the two. 

Can't wait to see the before and afters.

But these are pretty darn amazing in and of themselves. 

Good job...!

Animal Eyes

Wow! They did an excellent job noticing the details. 

The paintings turned out better than the photograph samples I pulled for reference pictures.
They really demonstrate 'the ability to see the details'. They totally get it!

This student loves to draw and has never painted before!   Wow!

I love the way they painted without fear today. We started the paintings by picking out the overall color of the piece and painting the whole canvas that color first. Then they were instructed to work from the background to the foreground.

He painted his piece upside down. It's a great exercise. 

The detail in this is amazing. By starting with the solid background color it was easy to see the next 'layer' of color. I am impressed. 

Two more paintings that are not finished but will be amazing when they are! Homework for these two! I love it! One girl requested homework! Ha!  

these 2 will be posted with their finished paintings next week. So be sure to bring them to class!

If you want HOMEWORK...do a close up of a human eye. They are all so different. God is an amazing creator...and He created us to create!

First Day ~ Older Class

The older class came in ready to tackle something difficult. I was going to start with self portraits but changed my mind and decided to do something focusing on 'seeing the details'. Boy did they get this assignment. Notice the intricate detail they put into their paintings. I'm impressed. I'm sure you are too!

First Day - Younger Class

Today we learned about mixing colors.

We made Color Wheels

Primary Colors: Red, Blue and Yellow

Secondary Colors: Orange, Green and Purple

Then we used those colors and made the awesome 

Name paintings. Erik said it looked like 

stained glass paintings.

ERIK

SAVANNAH

CHRISTIAN

Angel and Bella made fast friends with Savannah!

Savannah was the only girl today. :( 

Hey, but Angel and Bella are girls too!