Frida Kahlo – 1907 – 1954 Many of you have seen the image of Frida Khalo, printed on pillows, shoes, earrings, cell phone covers and mugs. But do you know the story behind this remarkable woman? Who is this woman rocking the unibrow and flower crown? WATCH OUR VIDEO ON Frida Kahlo here. A master […]
Hi I’m artist Lillian Gray and today’s lesson is all about form. Form is the next step after shape, we add depth to create a three-dimensional form. Form is one of the seven elements of art, along with line, value, texture, colour, space and shape. When shapes get the third dimension of depth […]
Space is one of the 7 elements of art along with line, value, texture, colour, shape and form. Space is the area in which an artwork is organized. Space is always part of an artwork. Sometimes, in multiple ways. When people refer to space in an artwork they could be referring to various aspects of […]
Hi, I’m artist Lillian Gray and today’s lesson is all about shape. Shape is one of the seven elements of art along with line, value, texture, colour, space and form. Everything around us is made out of shapes. But what exactly is a shape? We typically think of a shape as a closed line. If […]
Hi, I’m artist Lillian Gray and today’s lesson is all about colour. Have you ever felt overwhelmed by colour? Do you keep on mixing muddy dirty colours, and you generally just feel lost? Do you ever wonder how some artists seem to just have it? They always come up with the perfect colour combinations and […]
Elements of Art No 3: Texture: Hi, I’m artist Lillian Gray, and today’s lesson is all about texture. Texture is the feel of a surface Now often an art, when we draw or paint weare taking a 3-Dimensional object and making it 2-dimensional. So we need to create the illusion of texture. Texture in art […]
Hi, I am artist Lillian Gray and I have someone you need to meet, South African artist Willie Bester. Willie Bester is a multi-disciplinary South African artist. He is best known for his sculptures, installations, mixed media and collage artworks, but he also practices oil painting and watercolours. He uses his art to comment on […]
Contemporary Art History Hi I’m artist Lillian Gray and I have someone you need to meet Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. Yayoi Kusama is absolutely dotty about dots, she is sometimes called the princess of polka dots. She makes all kinds of art such as sculptures, paintings, installation, clothing design and even performances and they are all covered […]
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Lillian Gray Art School NEA 2020 Awards The National Eisteddfod Academy Finals We have reached the end of 2020 and I am sure a lot of us are super grateful. Usually, this time of the year is filled with concerts, prize givings and year-end parties, alas due to Covid a lot of events didn’t happen. […]