For her project last term Lillie learnt all about the Impressionist painters. She studied one artist for two weeks. The latest has been Edgar Degas, which was very nearly a disaster! But Lillie came up trumps and I think we both agreed that this was one of her best studies 🙂
Edgar Degas: General Resources
She used the following books throughout her project on Edgar Degas:
As well as the courses found here:
Resources Specific to Edgar Degas
Goals for this Edgar Degas study
- Read about Degas and his paintings and create a scrap book page with a gallery of Degas’ paintings and a short biography:
- Read about Degas’ study of the body and attempt some anatomical drawings:
- Carry out a study of your chosen piece of work by Degas and write a blog post reviewing it. Lillie has finally got her blog up and running and I am sure she would love for you to pop over a follow along You can find it here or by clicking the picture:
- Produce your own copy or variation of your chosen painting/sculpture. Lillie decided she wanted to produce a copy of The Little Dancer using white polymer clay, painting it bronze and adding a material dress. She attempted this three times, but had major problems keeping its head on after baking! I could see she was becoming a bit downcast about the whole thing, so suggested she come up with an idea to produce a mixed media reproduction. We played around with a few ideas before agreeing on a 3D mixed media canvas reproduction of the dancer’s legs and skirt using paper mache, paint and skirt netting. This was a very successful piece of work and Lillie was really very excited about it from start to finish 🙂
I loved watching Lil’ come back from the brink of a disastrous fortnight and produce this mixed media final piece, which she really did enjoy creating 🙂
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Lovely and a great way to compromise on the project!
Beautiful and lovely photos. She is coming right along!
Degas is my favorite.
Good suggestion to help her re-focus.