Hundertwasser Architecture Evaluation

Fifth and sixth grade artists:

Please click the link below to fill out the evaluation for your Hundertwasser Architecture Project.  Please submit one evaluation per group!

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I'm back!

After a brief stint at Waitsfield School and a lovely February break I am now back at Fayston until the end of the school year.  Mrs. Morse will now be covering my classes at Waitsfield for the rest of the year.  

I returned from maternity leave to find many wonderful lessons completed or in progress.

First and second graders created "Stick-Start Abstract Paintings." They used sticks to print abstract designs in black acrylic, then painted the white space with liquid watercolors. 

 

Third and fourth graders learned about the color wheel and complimentary colors.

They also created Picasso face collages.

Kindergarten artists also learned about Picasso and created Picasso Portraits. 

Click here to learn more about the progression of Picasso's portraits from realistic to abstract.

First and second graders created collages inspired by Jerry Uelsmann.

Fifth and sixth graders learned about Austrian artist and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser.  They created buildings in Hundertwasser's architectural style. 

First and second graders painted green paper in different values and textures, then used these to create tree collages.

 

Thank you to the wonderful Kindergarten class for such a warm welcome back and a fabulous Dr. Seuss hat! 

A one day vacation with Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser (December 15, 1928 – February 19, 2000) was an Austrian artist(who later took on New Zealand citizenship).  Say that ten times fast! 


Hundertwasser's original and unruly artistic vision expressed itself in pictorial art, environmentalism, philosophy, and design of facades,postage stamps, flags, and clothing (among other areas). The common themes in his work utilised bright colours, organic forms, a reconciliation of humans with nature, and a strong individualism, rejecting straight lines.


Although Hundertwasser first achieved notoriety for his boldly-coloured paintings, he is more widely known for his individual architectural designs. These designs use irregular forms, and incorporate natural features of the landscape. TheHundertwasserhaus apartment block in Vienna has undulating floors ("an uneven floor is a melody to the feet"), a roof covered with earth and grass, and large trees growing from inside the rooms, with limbs extending from windows.


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Here are some of my favorite paintings by Hundertwasser:

Third and fourth grade artists looked at many examples of Hundertwasser's work.  His artwork often depicts specific buildings and places from around the world. Students were asked to think about where they would like to go if they could take a one day vacation anywhere in the world.  Then they drew their destinations in the style of the artist. We used a mixture of black paint and white glue to outline the pictures, then painted then with liquid watercolor paints.