Friday, October 26, 2012

Emily Carr and Charcoal Drawing

We are very fortunate this year to have such quality art instruction from Ms. Avera and from J's mom, Mrs. Heywood, who is the art teacher at Shuksan Middle School. We are continuing our in depth study of trees and art inspired by trees and the environment. Mrs. Heywood taught the class about Emily Carr, Canadian artist and author.


She emphasized Carr's profound connection, love, and respect for nature and shared images similar to the ones below (obtained from http://arttattler.com/archiveemilycarr.html on October 26, 2012) for students to see examples of her unique style.


 
Emily Carr, Big Raven (Cumshawa), 1931, Oil on canvas, 87.0 x 114.0cm, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Emily Carr Trust.
 
 
Emily Carr, Totem Walk at Sitka, ca.1907, watercolor on paper, 38.5 x 38.5cm, The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, The Thomas Gardiner Keir Bequest.
 
 
 
Emily Carr, Untitled (Formalized Cedar), c. 1931, Charcoal on paper, 91.8 x 61.2 cm, Vancouver Art Gallery
 
Students learned about scale, contrast, and ways a drawing or painting can show "movement." Next, Mrs. Heywood demonstrated how to use vine charcoal to create a drawing and use shading and texture. She modeled the technique used to draw a tree "skeleton" and then the process for adding leaves or other elements to the picture.
 
 
 
Finally, students had the opportunity to make some art!
 
 


 
 
Here are their beatiful creations.
 

 
Charcoal Drawing on PhotoPeach

 
Thank you, Mrs. Heywood!
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16 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 7, 2012 at 1:08 PM

    I realy liked it when we did chorocol drawings it was my favorite art project so far.
    -Ella

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    1. AnonymousNovember 28, 2012 at 1:06 PM

      Like it said in your reply I really liked The charcoal daring to. I still liked the leaf printing better. I like that there still hanging up in our class room.
      Sincerely,
      Phoebe

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  2. AnonymousNovember 7, 2012 at 1:12 PM

    I love the video, the music is really cool!

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  3. AnonymousNovember 21, 2012 at 12:56 PM

    I loved doing art with the trees. I liked to use the vine charcoal because it is so soft and easy to use. I like to do art with trees because they are cool to draw and they have lots of branches that you need to overlap.

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  4. AnonymousNovember 21, 2012 at 12:59 PM

    I extremely enjoyed making the charcoal drawings because I never used charcoal before and I love drawing trees especially when we start from sketch.
    Sophia

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  5. AnonymousNovember 21, 2012 at 1:04 PM

    I really love the drawings and Emily Carr’s story!
    -Avery

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    1. AnonymousNovember 28, 2012 at 12:53 PM

      Very nice draw. I can't ever do that.
      -Donna

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    2. RhiannonNovember 28, 2012 at 1:02 PM

      Me to. I wish that we could comment on her drawings.
      Sincerely, Rhiannon

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  6. AnonymousNovember 28, 2012 at 12:50 PM

    Dear everybody, I liked the video. And I really liked drawing the trees with vine charcoal. Emily Carr had a pretty interesting life. She made some really beautiful paintings of trees. -Julia

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  7. RhiannonNovember 28, 2012 at 12:57 PM

    Nice job on this charcoal video Mr. Pahl I liked the music.
    Sincerely, Rhiannon

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  8. AnonymousNovember 28, 2012 at 1:04 PM

    Dear Class,
    I loved doing the charcoal drawing with Ms.Heywood. Unlike other kids in my class my favorite part was looking at each others work.
    Sincerely,
    Phoebe

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  9. AnonymousNovember 28, 2012 at 1:06 PM

    My favorite part about art was when the class was listening and having fun.
    Sincerely Dyna

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  10. AnonymousNovember 28, 2012 at 1:07 PM

    I remember that I’ve drawn with charcoal but never like that. Claire

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  11. AnonymousNovember 29, 2012 at 1:01 PM

    Dear room 12

    I really love the charcoal drawings, they make me feel like a am at a park in California
    -Avery!

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  12. AustinDecember 12, 2012 at 12:48 PM

    Thank you Mrs. Heywood for helping us with the charcoal drawing

    Sincerely Austin

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  13. AnonymousDecember 14, 2012 at 11:10 AM

    Dear Mr. Pahl
    We had a lot of fun charcoal drawing I hope we do it again.
    Sincerely,
    Ludvig

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