“I don’t think we’re going to see many bright colors outside for about three months,” I remarked to my art students after they returned from winter break. We were already deeply into winter with gray skies, dirty snowbanks and the total lack of the color green.
“So we will be looking at art from the Caribbean Islands and Africa for our inspiration,” I continued. “If we can’t have bright colors and flowers outside, we will create our own inside.” Our subject matter revolved around vividly painted Caribbean buses, Spiderman Anancy stories from both Africa and the islands, colorful market days and African patterns and animals.
I had my younger students try balancing a basket of fake oranges, bananas and a toy chicken on their heads to get the feel of bringing home the groceries Caribbean style. As they were attempting this feat, the school’s young principal walked through the classroom door. We invited her to give it a try. She made it across the entire room with total grace and the full basket on her head.
To celebrate Youth Art Month and the fact that flowers are blooming somewhere on the planet, we present this virtual gallery of our art. Happy viewing! Click here for a video version.
New website? Very nice!
Will do !
Mary
mtooley@artinasuitcase.com
http://www.artinasuitcase.com
Peruse my blog:
http://www.thesuitcaselady.com
Yeah – I saw the white space in a few designs. Sophisticated!
Aha. My bad. I thought they’d drawn the bus separately and pasted it onto another background. Which would be fine! And I was admiring the white space around the bus.
Love the video — the first few images look like they were cut out and pasted on a background, giving them a 3D effect. OK, that said, check Vimeo. Their level 1 service is free.
Hummm. I clicked on the video and it made me install QuickTime. I have not yet seen the video, but consider posting it on Vimeo (awesome) or YouTube because it will become available for immediate consumption. I’m still learning about all this and am finding Vimeo extremely helpful. OK, now to see your video . . .
Mary, thoroughly enjoyed the video of the kids art! Just what was needed to perk up this forever winter!!
Hi Eve,
Don’t understand what you mean by cut and paste. The kids drew these pictures after I showed them photos of the real buses. They are very creative kids.
Mary
mtooley@artinasuitcase.com
http://www.artinasuitcase.com
Peruse my blog:
http://www.thesuitcaselady.com
That bus is wonderful. Even if it’s cut & paste, you’ve made it work SO well!!!
Mary–And only yesterday I was thinking to myself, “When is Mary going to share some of her students’ work?” I swear!
Lovely! And a nice new picture of you, too.