Today we went on a trip to the Burrell Collection in Glasgow to look at the work of the Impressionists. In particular we focussed on the work of Edgar Degas who we will be studying in more depth over the course of this year.
First we were taken on a short tour and discussed some of the Impressionist works on display in the Burrell. Then everyone had to find a specific painting, make a quick compositional sketch and give a short presentation about their painting to the group.
We then went to the education rooms where we were able to do some sketching in the style of Degas - we drew a traditional ballet dancer's outfit as this is the subject of over half of Degas' works. We also worked quickly with pastels, building up layers and trying to use complimentary colours for shading instead of black. It was great fun and I think everyone learned a lot - a great start to our studies on Degas!
Especially well done to Deborah who managed to talk about the paintings and do a super drawing without a single grumble even though she isn't actually part of the art class!
After the workshop there was still some time for a little bit of fun...
that looks very interesting and looks like you all had a great time at the park afterwards too johanna
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