This October we are learning about James Lavadour. Lavadour is a living, local artist known for creating abstract landscapes that evoke a mysterious and melancholy mood through the use of color. The artist uses various tools to scrape paint on his canvas, painting over an existing work, scraping it off, and painting again, Inspired by Lavadour, this month students are creating an abstract landscape using either a warm or cool palette. And they are not using paintbrushes. Student artists have been using unconventional tools like cotton swabs, toothpicks, clothespins, Popsicle sticks, and spoons to scrape tempera paint instead. I love the creative variety that comes out of the students with very little instruction. Here are a few pieces from Mrs. Reberry's 5th grade class. How do you feel looking at these images? The bottom work on the left brings a dark feeling over me, yet is incredibly calm at the same time. The painting on the right is inspired by the way that Lavadour would include hidden imagery within his depiction of a landscape.
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