Joan Miro - Magic with Lines Shapes and colours

This tutorial is again based on lines and Joan Miro is the artist we are going to focus

Joan Miro is a Spanish Artist who is famous for his appealing abstracts . 

Art is always an end users perspective , but the reason for introducing various artists is to analyse how the various elements are used differently by each artist .Art is same but the way the artists  use to convey their message is different . 

"Lines are always lines unless it gets a shape 

". This is the objective of this tutorial .

Joan miro's are always open ended drawings , they have a mix of lines , shapes and colours , whether they convey a story or a message is according to our perspective.

These are some of the abstracts by the artist. 

 

How to teach 

For kids who are not familiar with shapes ,  teach how a line is converted in to a shape , say how a curve is converted in to a semi circle by just adding a line .

For older kids ,ask them  try to express various things that we see in lines , from a simple glass to human figure . ( some of the artists  abstract are added above  ) 

Below is a drawing done by my students , where they have tried to create an abstract with lines , colours and shapes . 

Things needed :

A4 size sheet 

Poster colours

Brush ( bold and thin)

 

My little suggestion #2

First colour then finish : When a drawing is made with pencil , don't outline it with a sketch or marker , first finish  the colouring completely then start outlining with a black sketch or marker for a beautiful finish . Because most of the times colours go out of lines for kids .