LI: To create my own Giuseppe Arcimboldo (fruit and vegetable) art.
The above picture is the sixth Kick Start activity for this week of the Summer Learning Journey that I have completed today. First, I started by researching more about Giuseppe Arcimboldo and the meaning behind his paintings by reading his biography. I came to know many facts while I was learning about him and some of them were that, he is an Italian painter and is famous for his imaginative portrait made entirely of fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish and books. Another fact is that he was a court painter and has made several paintings of the three Holy Roman emperors. He also used to make paintings with a throwing shade (dull colors) which was not in trend during the 1500's.
Once I knew about him and his paintings I started by making the drawing that we were challenged to make. I decided to make the face as a pineapple and a hat as the fruit basket. I have also added details on his face like oranges as eyes, blueberries as eyeballs, banana as the mouth, radish as the nose, leaves as the scarf and cherries as the bowtie. I was inspired by "the fruit basket" which is also one of his creations. The thing I like the most in that painting was that it was reversible, when a person sees it from the front it looks like a man who is covered with fruits but when you put the painting upside down you could see a fruit basket. I really liked completing this activity and I am looking forward to complete the other part of this task as well.
Kia Ora Sakshi
ReplyDeleteMy name is Renee and I am from the Summer Learning Journey Team. Wow, ka pai for your hard work on this excellent blog post. I am so impressed with both your research and your drawing skills as your picture is of such a high standard! Do you enjoy art? What other things do you like to draw?
Thank you for taking time to research more about Giuseppe Arcimboldo and include this information in your blogpost. I really appreciate that you have gone above and beyond to educate your readers more on this subject and, as a result, I have awarded you extra bonus points towards your Summer Learning Journey tally.
Like you, I also really like the way that some of Giuseppe’s artworks are reversible - that is so clever and never ceases to amaze me!
What have been your favourite Summer Learning Journey activities so far? Do you prefer activities that are fun or challenging (or both)?
Keep up the excellent mahi I can't wait to see your other posts over the summer.
Mā te wā
Renee (SLJ)
Good afternoon Sakshi
ReplyDeleteYou are quite the artist! I like your own take on this that reflects your own creativity.
I like you have had to learn about this artist. I think you have understood aspects of his style and incorporated this into your own work.
Well done . Great to see it is signed. Every artist should sign their work.
regards