More ELO!!!

Yesterday we had our second-last (it's sad, I know) ELO class. Our final class will be Friday when a local book-binder will come and help us turn our pages into a book called "Shakespeare Said".

We also took a shwackload of pictures (naturally) so without further ado.....

Both above and below, you can see student's working on their pages.

And now for some kind-of-sort-of-finished products.

I really like the way this person made his sword pop by making it gold. Another random fact: He actually didn't try to get that cool orange colour but he spilled his red paint into the yellow and ta-da! Perfect orange!

 The blue flowers on "Come what may." Go really nice                        

with the gold leaf and red-purple letter.  

 This is Claire's. Love all the foliage.

I'm not sure what the purple flowers on this one are called. I'll post 

when I figure it out but for now they're pretty so I put them up.

I'll put up a picture of the book as soon as it's done!

If I had play'd the desk or table book, 


Or given my heart a winking, mute and dumb, 


Or look'd upon this love with idle sight? 


What might you think?

Polonius, Hamlet, Act II, Scene II

Erin

Banner Printing Meeting

Today Ms. Martin, Mark von Eschen and Trevor Broughton met with the Josh Piper at Pelican Media about the banners we are creating.  It looks like the deep burgandy colour will work and that we will send the files to the printer in two parts, the background and then the text part (art part) separately. This is what they will look like.

 

Pelican Media will be printing the banners for us and some students will get to go to the print shop and see how the process works. 

  Since Ms. Martin was at a meeting here is a Shakespeare quotation about meeting. 

When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?

Hamlet

Romeo and Juliet

Yesterday the students here worked very hard all day on Romeo and Juliet. All that's left now is some splatter-covering, Romeo's sword and we need paint their hands.

On top you can see (hopefully) the almost-not-quite finished cut-out. Below there are two students posing with the couple (Yes, Romeo is a girl. But hey, back then Juliet would have been a boy so whatever.)

And here is a close-up of Juliet's dress. We did a diamond pattern with dark purple flowers and added rhinestones for extra pzazz.

“This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath, 


May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet.


Good night, good night! as sweet repose and rest 


Come to thy heart as that within my breast.”

Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II

Erin

Gold

Hullo, everybody!! We are so grateful to anyone who has viewed our blog! So anyway, we have got some really cool pictures from E.L.O, which stands for Extended Learning Opportunities,  (Gifted Ed) and in E.L.O, we are making a large book! It is really awesome, because we have got kids from other schools coming to our art room and working on this with us. Random fact; you can actually eat gold leaf, and it won't do any harm to you. Unless you eat too much. So anyway, we are taking Shakespeare quotes and making the first letter William Morris style.

 

We were very impressed with this one. Or at least I was.

 Below, we have our dear friends letter. I like her rose.

 

After this, we take our quotes, glue them on giant paper ( in place of a T-square) and trace them on vellum, which a really thin paper, that actually used to be made of animal hide. After that, we use a special glue to paste real gold leaf on our letter.

 Above we have a student working on tracing on their velom.

 Another student.

Above we have a very messy table. Sorry, that was my table.

 This is awesome.

 After that, we use acrylic paint to paint the letters, and today, we finished with putting our letters in the drying rack. We will post more stuff after!

Now, fair one, does your business follow us? 

All's Well That Ends Well, The King of France, II, i

Claire

Updates

Today we have some updates for the student-made borders that will be on the banners by the river this summer as well as an update for Romeo and Juliet.

And awa-a-a-a-a-a-y we go!

On top we have a grade 8 student working on her border and on the bottom there is a draft of one of the borders.

Now on top you can see one of the students' decorative letter. On the bottom (left and right) there is a sampling of their borders after students have gone over them with permanent black marker.

Also, today the students have been working SUPER HARD on Romeo and Juliet. They've finished the  border gotten a few layers of purple on Juliet's dress.

Come, thou monarch of the vine,

Plumpy Bacchus with pink eyne!

In thy fats our cares be drown'd, 

With thy grapes our hairs be crown'd:

Cup us, till the world go round, 

Cup us, till the world go round!

Domitius Enobarus, Antony and Cleopatra, Act II, Scene VII

Erin

My Knight in Shining Armour

Yay! FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY PAGEVIEWS!!!! Wow. Thank you so much for your support! So if you are wondering about the title, we have pics of the grade 5's and 6's who are drawing knights.  We also have an update on our photo cut-outs! Along with another picture of Romeo and Juliet, we are also working on one featuring Antony and Cleopatra! Enjoy!!!

 

A beautiful window from Romeo and Juliet.

  

Now we have some students working on the background.

 

And here we have a sketch of Antony and Cleopatra.

And lastly some of the Gr. 5/6's drawing their knights in shining armour!

"O, find him! give this ring to my true knight,
And bid him come to take his last farewell."

Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene II

Claire and Erin

 

ELO

Today students from Bishop Filevich, St. John, St. Philip, St. Volodymyr and St. Mark as well as some students from  Georges Vanier gathered in our art room to take part in ELO (Extended Learning Opportunities). We will be focusing on calligraphy, using William Morris designs and William Shakespeare quotes. Our pages will then be bound together using traditional techniques. Cathryn Miller will bind them and they will be on display during summer at the Mendel Art Gallery (Basement Gallery) in Saskatoon.

Here are some of the students working on their quote and the decorative letter.

On top are a sampling of the letter that will be used as a guide. Below is a photo of the group in the art room.

Be govern'd by your knowledge, and proceed 

I' th' sway of your own will. Is he array'd?

Cordelia,  King Lear, Act IV, Scene VII

Erin