ArtathonEnthusiastic students from all grades contributed to this painting at my school, here in Nova Scotia, Canada; appropriately, it celebrates youth. This would not have been possible without the lead artists Katie Reid, Kathryn Hickman, Charlotte Fresia, Landon Stewart, and Haillie Harrison. They worked well as a team, each bringing their own ideas and skills to the project. We finally settled on a style inspired by First Nations artists, with a Picasso twist.
On the big day, the lead artists sketched out a design and did the fine black line work. They were instructed in the required brushwork by another team of artists, which included Taelor Richards, Lynn Matthews, Katie Adams, Rayann Roberts, Carly Turner, and Jung Ju Lee. This instruction was critical to the success of the painting. These artists then helped every student in the school (400+ grades P-12) to have a share in the painting. The whole painting took one day to complete, from start to finish. |
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After school, the lead artists returned to finish the job in a 5 hour burst of creative energy. A couple of hours of that work is shown in this timelapse.
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