Abstract Art with Claudia

This week we were so lucky to have an artist come to our school and share her talents.  Claudia Evans-Menard is a retired high school art teacher that is now a full time artist.  

On our first visit, she showed us some of the abstract paintings she has created. We looked carefully and began to see different things/images within her paintings.

She explained how to set up a work/painting area, how to mix colours and gave a short demonstration of different lines and shapes to paint.

Then we explored with the paint and tried to mix different colours.  Claudia also let us experiment with a special kind of painted called Interference paint.  This paint changes colours in different lights and makes everything look shiny. 

On our second visit, Claudia explained how she looks for different shapes and lines in the paint.  We used a black ball-point pen to help define the shapes we saw.  

After we added the black lines to our practise pieces, we started to work on a larger piece of paper.  We used what we learned and started to create our very own abstract masterpieces.

This little friend made sound effects to help with her painting. (Just like Ms. Dowd does)

On our third and last visit, we added black lines to our larger paintings, special gold paint and more Interference paint for detail.