Photo Contest: Cala Bona, a fishing village

old postcard of Cala Bona

     We have organized a nice walk to Cala Bona's Harbour. There, all the students will participate in a Photo Contest.

Current days

Themes:

1.  A picture of the Harbour
2.  Portrait of a fisherman.
3.  A fishing boat or a group of boats.
4.  Tools or fishing equipment.
5.  Fishes, selfish, etc.
6.  Pollution (at the beach or sea pollution)
7.  Portrait of a tourist or a group of tourists.
8.  Lighthouse (one, both or a close up)
9.  A group's Selfie.
10.  An extra picture (If there is something that has surprised you, just take the picture) 
    
    
    
    

Camera shots

  
     There are a number of standardized camera shots (or frames), the names of which are commonly derived from varying camera-subject distances.

     These camera shots are:

• the long shot: plano general
• the full shot: plano entero
• the medium full shot (also known as American shot because of its frequent use in westerns. This was because a shot that started at knee level would reveal the weapon of a cowboy, usually holstered at his waist): Plano Americano
• the medium shot: plano medio
• the close-up: primer plano
• the extreme close up: primerísimo primer plano o plano detalle

There are other variants, such as the medium close up (between medium and close up), etc.

9 photo composition tips

The photographer Steve McCurry gives us 9 photo compositon tips. 

Let's see them:

flashmob: Rembrandt

   A Flashmob recreates Rembrandt's painting, The Nightwatcher, in a Dutch shopping mall.
   A culturally-minded group staged a high-art flashmob to celebrate the return of Rembrandt Van Rijn’s famous painting The Night Watch to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

 

The nightwatch by Rembrandt

    Rembrandt’s painting was completed in 1642 and depicts Captain Frans Banning Cocq and his lieutenant, Willem van Ruytenburch, leading out their city guard. The Rijksmuseum is due to reopen on April 13th following a 10-year renovation.

Sea Saw

I've found this interesting game on the National Gallery of Art website. You may try it at home!!!!

 

   To create art with SEA-SAWS, select photographs of natural and man-made objects, then arrange the pieces to create a seascape or an abstract composition. The BUILD tool helps you construct animated characters and set them in motion. ADD them to your scene as still objects, movers, rockers, or rollers. Hit the green PLAY button to set the scene in motion. (Shockwave 7.5 MB)

   Move your mouse over the blue field to lied the drawing tool where you want it to draw. Experiment with how you move your mouse to get different effects. If you want to clear your drawing and start over, click on the lead "+" symbol

Abstract Drawing Game

Move your mouse over the blue field to lead the drawing tool where you want it to draw. Experiment with how you move the mouse to get different effects. If you want to clear your drawing and start over, click on the lead "+" symbol.
- See more at: http://www.artsology.com/abstract-drawing-game.php#sthash.B6Ap2v7t.dpuf

Move your mouse over the blue field to lead the drawing tool where you want it to draw. Experiment with how you move the mouse to get different effects. If you want to clear your drawing and start over, click on the lead "+" symbol. - See more at: http://www.artsology.com/abstract-drawing-game.php#sthash.B6Ap2v7t.dpuf

Abstract Drawing Game

Move your mouse over the blue field to lead the drawing tool where you want it to draw. Experiment with how you move the mouse to get different effects. If you want to clear your drawing and start over, click on the lead "+" symbol.
- See more at: http://www.artsology.com/abstract-drawing-game.php#sthash.B6Ap2v7t.dpuf

Abstract Drawing Game

Move your mouse over the blue field to lead the drawing tool where you want it to draw. Experiment with how you move the mouse to get different effects. If you want to clear your drawing and start over, click on the lead "+" symbol.
- See more at: http://www.artsology.com/abstract-drawing-game.php#sthash.B6Ap2v7t.dpuf

Abstract Drawing Game

Move your mouse over the blue field to lead the drawing tool where you want it to draw. Experiment with how you move the mouse to get different effects. If you want to clear your drawing and start over, click on the lead "+" symbol.
- See more at: http://www.artsology.com/abstract-drawing-game.php#sthash.B6Ap2v7t.dpuf

Tactile Texture II

Technique: Collage

The Alchemy of Colour

Vocabulary

• Alchemy (noun): a science studied in the Middle Ages which involved trying to change ordinary metals into gold.
• Medieval Manuscript: an old document or book written by hand in the Middle Ages (AD 600 to AD 1500).
• Pigment (noun): a substance that gives something a particular colour when it is present in it or is added to it.
• Corrode (verb): If metal corrodes, or if something corrodes it, it is slowly damaged by something such as rain or water.

 Elements that change the colours in artwoks:

1. Light exposure 
2. Atmospher Conditions
3. Corrosion

How to make hot glue stencils/ stamps

Material

• Plastic surface
• Glue gun for hot glue
• Watercolours with spray

 

Check this two tutorials to learn how to do the stencils and the stamps:

1. Stencils

2. Stamps and Stencils

Are the humans the only ones from the animal spiecies capable of making artworks?

Let's see...