Art with Dagmar

Term 2, Week 9

Today Whaea Dagmar came to our class for art. We learnt about an incredible artist called Chuck Close. 

Chuck Close was born on July 5, 1940, in America. Suffering from severe dyslexia, Close did poorly in school but found solace in making art. After earning finishing universityYale in 1964, Close took his place atop the American art world by creating large-scale, photo-realist portraits that have creatively blurred the distinction between photography and painting. He uses a grid technique to create amazing artworks. 

Self Portrait of Chuck Close

Whaea Dagmar explaining the art task.

Sione, Saia and Adrian practising drawing techniques and patterns.

Leah adding patterns and symbols to her photograph. 

Adrian photograph with added patterns and symbols. 

Tracing our photograph and patterns onto grid paper. 

Saula's artwork- onto the colouring stage.

Room 19 is still working on finishing their artwork. We aim to get them all done and up on the wall by the end of the first week back in term 3. We will post up a photo of the finished pieces then. 

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!