Tooled Metal Aztec Sun Stones

Our art this week is inspired by the Aztec 'Sun Stone', housed in the National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City. It measures 3.6 meters in diameter and weighs 24 tons!

The stone is thought to depict the Mayan calendar, with the figure in the middle representing Tonatiuh the Sun God.

For this project we've created radiating patterns on layered colour paper around our central tooled foil 'Sun Gods' and 'Sun Goddesses'.

Shadow Dancers

When we cut out our photos for our Kelsey Montague inspired 'Wings' picture, we doubled the paper with a black sheet, creating a 'shadow' of ourselves.

With a focus on negative space, balance and pattern, these are lovely examples of how effective black and white can be.

'Wings' Inspired by Kelsey Montague

Did you see the recent Kelsey Montague 'What Lifts You' mural at the Maroochydore Library?

Having Fun!!

Exploring links between contemporary art and social media, New York artist Kelsey Montague creates a location inspired large-scale wing mural, then invites people to take their photo in front of it, so that they become a 'living work of art'! They are then encouraged to share their experience through Facebook, Instagram and other social media.

We've given special attention to our wing feathers, framing the things in our lives that make us happy, the things that 'lift' us. We hope you enjoy our versions of Kelsey Montegue's 'What Lifts You'......

Crazy Houses

There are some seriously crazy houses out there! Houses built in jet planes, in the shape of flying saucers, guitars, teapots and even animals! 

Our crazy houses are completed in watercolour pencil.

Niamh

Mount Coolum Landscapes

This week we are exploring landscape painting, using the majestic Mount Coolum and surrounds as our subject. We begin by carefully viewing aerial photographs and paintings by local artists, taking special note of composition and colour.

In this project we explore colour mixing with acrylic paint, creating our paintings with just blue, yellow and red acrylic paint, with some black and white to create tonal value, and using a variety of brush techniques to apply the paint.

Please enjoy our Mount Coolum landscape paintings!

Lana