Castlerea Community School Art Blog

 Merry Christmas everyone!!!!Have a happy, safe and restful break. Although it will be a different one for many this time next year will be a different story so lets make the most of it.

Here is a power point presentation on Irish Artist Walter Osborne, please review this slide show and make a mind map on him,and answer the following question.Feel free to look at other presentations also.   https://www.slideshare.net/damohaugh/2-works-by-walter-osborne Type this answer up and please email back to me for Friday Morning Have a look at the short you tube clip above to get a feel and the works of Walter Osborne The painting “Apple Gathering, Quimperlé” by Walter Osborne (1859-1903) is illustrated on the accompanying sheet.  Answer (a), (b), and (c).  (a) Describe and discuss the composition and style of the painting.  (b) What do you think this painting is about? Give reasons for your answer.  (c) Name and briefly describe one figurative painting by Walter Osborne Illustrate your answer. (50)m Apple Gathering by Walter Osborne

Leaving Certs please view the short video clip and read the following slides below about Irish Artist Roderic OConnor and answer the question at the end.. https://youtu.be/_PGP9pULzkA Please answer the Question below: Describe and discuss the work of Roderic OConnor making reference to TWO named works. In your answer refer to subject matter, function, style, media, materials, techniques and influences.  Illustrate your answer. (50m)

Leaving certs here are a few extra notes that will come in handy when revising the Bronze Age,just click into the link below. https://www.slideshare.net/brownm7/bronze-age-keywords-0 https://www.slideshare.net/br ownm7/bronze-age-keywords-0

 Hi Everyone. Here are some video clips to help draw some exciting Halloween pictures. Take your time,and enjoy!! How to draw a bat

 Hi 6th Years, So over the weekend I would like you all to look at the drawing below and practise drawing it. Add some tone and shade to enhance the drawing.  Happy drawing

 Hi 3rd Years So from our discussion from yesterday and getting your themes,mind map all the themes fully before you pick which one you choose. The themes are the following: 1: The Kitchen 2:Pattern 3: The Shed Remember to do lots of quick sketches, etc Please respect who ever is supervising you today,and remember to wipe down tables ,chairs and folders at end of class.thanks

 Hi Class, What I would like you all to work on this morning in Art Class is choosing your own(as we discussed in class) theme for your project and coming up with mind map, drawings etc. Keep your theme suggestive and not to restricted in terms of what you can do,remember primary sources, research artists etc. Happy Drawing! Please remember to sanatise every thing on leaving Art Room.

Aimee Coyne 1st Year Maie Costello 1st Year Leah Mockler 1st Year  Lauren Sweeney 1st Year  Juilet Casey 2nd Year  Sandra Sodul 2nd Year  Leah Doory 1st Year  Saoirse Burke 1st Year  Amy Collins 3rd Year  Clodagh Woods 3rd Year  Grace Waldron 3rd Year

Hi All ,here is a very exciting Art Competition that everyone should enter as 1 Euro goes to charity for every entry...so get creative!!!!! Theme The theme for this year’s Art Materials Company’s Art Competition is:​ Freedom in a Time of Constraint. ​This can be interpreted in any way as long as it is visual art (dance, writing, music and other other creative expressions are not accepted for this year’s competition). Here at Art Materials Company, we believe that everyone is creative but many people haven’t discovered ‘how’ yet or they get discouraged because they believe: ‘I’m not good enough’; ‘I’m not an artist’; ‘I can’t draw’. Who said? Challenge yourself to discover your creative side! Taste of a new found freedom! Those of you more comfortable in your creative skin, try new ways of expressing yourself in your artwork. Break out into new found creativity. It’s a great time to do it. If not now, when? Requirements Judges will be looking for creativity above all. So, b...

Hi Class. So for your class assessment I would like you all to finish the Research Project we had started in class relating to an Artist that you admire.This can be presented which ever way suits you power point presentation,word doc, what ever suits you. You have until next Tue the 19th to get this into me...looking forward to seeing your work

Hi Class. So for your Class Assessment this is what I would like all of you to do. From the project that you were doing for your c.b.a in class,I would like you to design and finish the poster relating to your choosen theme.You MAY use colour,leave it black and white etc its entirely up to you. You may use any size you like but not smaller than A4. You have until next Tue to get this poster finished.

Hi Class, As part of your "My local environment" project I would like you to design a poster for an event of your choosing (fundraiser,bake sale, lip sync etc) to go towards a new building in your area (again this is up to you) You may use colour,black of white, you may even do it on the computer if you perfer,its up to you how you design your poster.You have until fri the 15th May for completion.

Hi class, happy friday... So over the weekend I WOULD really like you all to look at the Art Competitions (look at competition section) that are here, I think there is definitely one there that will interest you. So get your creative caps on and get sketching ideas.. and the prizes are also very good!! Have a lovely weekend

Hi Class, Happy Friday.. So over the weekend I would like ye to look at the Art Competitions that are here on the blog (in competitions) There are three Art Comps that I think will suit your creativity and talent,so get thinking, there are also great prizes to come up with ideas and let me know your ideas. Have a lovely weekend.

Hi Class, For the weekend here is a few short videos relating to Paul Cezanne Paintings,take a few notes... Have a lovely weekend.

 Students art work. Jamie Moore 1st Year Jamie Moore 1st Year  Leah Mockler 1st Year  Leah Mockler 1st Year Leah Mockler 1st Year Leah Mockler 1st Year Leah Mockler 1st Year Michaela Keaveney 5th Year Aimee Coyne 1st Year Leah Doory 1st Year Leah Doory 1st Year Leah Doory 1st Year Leah Doory 1st Year Leah Doory 1st Year Leah Doory 1st Year Nicola McNamara 1st Year Rebecca Keane 3rd Year Jamie Higgins 1st Year Jamie Higgins 1st Year Jamie Higgins 1st Year      Ella Donoghue 1st Year

Hi Class Hope you did well in the last drawing task,for today and over the weekend I would like if you looked at the Art Competitions that I put up on the blog and work on completing one of them.Pick one that interests you and come up with something creative and uses your skills and talent.

Hi Class, What I would like us to look at is the work of Post-Impressionist Artist Paul Cezanne. There is alot of info here so perhaps go over this the next few days. Take notes/mind map . I will have an Art History question to follow soon. Paul Cézanne was a nineteenth century artist whose work was misunderstood by his contemporaries. A shy man who worked a great deal in Aix-en-Provence, the home town where he was born and raised, Cézanne moved Paris when he was young and, despite his father's wishes, pursued a career in art rather than law. Cézanne was a modern artist whose work was a precursor for Cubism and Fauvism. His compositions were usually dark in tone and he often chose to work inside rather than en plein air. Cézanne didn't receive critical acclaim until very late in his life and after his first solo exhibition. He never formed close friendships with many of his fellow artists but before he died there was a great deal of interest in his works. Paul Cézann...