{"id":5158,"date":"2011-03-23T13:21:03","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T18:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=5158"},"modified":"2011-03-24T10:17:35","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T15:17:35","slug":"whats-up-at-wassenberg-art-center-32311","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/03\/23\/whats-up-at-wassenberg-art-center-32311\/","title":{"rendered":"Wassenberg and Week of Young Child"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Hope Wallace<\/strong><\/p>\n

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One of the most important things in a young child\u2019s life is imagination.\u00a0 It\u2019s essential to encourage children to use their wonderful gifts of imagination and creativity so that they grow up to be creative adults who can think outside the box and solve problems in unique ways.<\/p>\n

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Lauren Kraemer of Bryan demonstrates the \u201ccave art\u201d project . <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To support the upcoming Week of the Young Child, we\u2019ll be providing an art class for a group of young people ages 8-10 at the YWCA on April 14.\u00a0 The subject will be \u201cCave Art.\u201d\u00a0 Prehistoric art is remarkably sophisticated and in some ways very much like the modern art of today.\u00a0 The group will be shown a presentation of cave art from various locations throughout the world including North America.\u00a0 This is truly an amazing and complicated slice of art history.<\/p>\n

Following the presentation, kraft paper (tough, usually brown paper made from chemically treated wood pulp, like paper bag paper) will be rendered with crayons.\u00a0 The paper will be crumpled and a watercolor wash applied.\u00a0 The crayon acts as a resist and some very unique artwork can result using this technique.<\/p>\n

In other news, we encourage you to visit the Ohio Watercolor Society Exhibit, which continues through March 27, Tuesday-Sunday, 1-5 p.m.\u00a0 The show is sponsored by Central Mutual Insurance Company and Purmort Brothers Insurance agency.<\/p>\n

The Wassenberg Art Center is located at 643 S. Washington Street in Van Wert.\u00a0 Contact us at 419.238.6837 or wassenberg@embarqmail.com.\u00a0 Information about current classes and exhibits is on the calendar at our website, www.vanwert.com\/wassenberg.<\/p>\n

Fantasy art lets artists create own worlds<\/h2>\n

By Kay Sluterbeck<\/strong><\/p>\n

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When I was a child, home computers didn\u2019t exist, there were no cell phones, Ipads, or Blackberries, and my parents didn\u2019t plunk me down in front of the television to watch cartoons on Saturday morning.\u00a0 Sure, I had my fill of such programming too, but my mother would more likely hand me paper and pencil and say \u201cGo draw me something.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 So I\u2019d sit at the little desk Grandpa had made me and draw.\u00a0 I spent hours creating whole worlds, sometimes<\/p>\n

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Frank Frazetta\u2019s painting \u201cThe Death Dealer\u201d was used as a cover for the Molly Hatchet album.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

involving little animals in the forest, sometimes set in space, sometimes set in ancient Egypt or the Maya culture.<\/p>\n

My parents were letting me develop my imagination.\u00a0 I had to deal with the real world every time I went out of the house.\u00a0 Drawing imaginary things gave me my own world to escape to.<\/p>\n

This kind of imaginative drawing done by adult artists is known as \u201cFantasy Art.\u201d\u00a0 Fantasy Art is a variation of humanity\u2019s long history of storytelling.\u00a0 Every culture tells stories filled with heroes and heroines, monsters, strange lands, and exotic cities.\u00a0 Through these tales, whether spoken or painted, we can learn about ourselves, our relationships, and the problems we face in life.<\/p>\n

Fantasy art done to amuse or to illustrate has been around for centuries.<\/p>\n

For a time, fantasy art fell into disuse.\u00a0 But in the early 1960s, probably one of the greatest fantasy artists of all time, Frank Frazetta, kicked off today\u2019s fantasy art movement with his covers for Ace paperback books and popular southern-rock band Molly Hatchet album covers.\u00a0 He and Roy G. Krenkel created the kind of stunning fantasy art that hadn\u2019t been seen in print for decades.\u00a0 These two artists were inspired by the great 19th century paintings and illustrations, and their art was built on the Academic foundation of strong drawing, design, color and composition.\u00a0 For the most part, these fundamental skills were no longer taught in art schools.\u00a0 In fact, the art school establishment of the time ridiculed Academic skills.<\/p>\n

Today, in part because of the revival of interest brought about by the work of Krenkel and Frazetta, there are art schools that once again teach Academic art.\u00a0 Being a fantasy artist in today\u2019s world requires the knowledge of a great landscape painter, the exactness of an imaginative architectural artist, and rock solid draftsmanship when it comes to human figures and animals.<\/p>\n

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Fantasy art creature inspired by household objects.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fantasy artists also need to be able to create and draw things that have never been seen in the real world.\u00a0 How do they get their ideas?\u00a0 Some simply have great imaginative skills.\u00a0 Others get ideas by manipulating things from the real world.\u00a0 For example, distorting and combining parts of a lizard, a bat and a bird can lead to a picture of a frightening feathered dragon.\u00a0 Playing around with elements from ancient architecture helps to create a vision of the lost world of Atlantis.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to try creating fantasy art, you could begin by inventing a strange and exotic creature.\u00a0 For inspiration, go through the house and pick up a few items — pliers, scissors, screwdrivers, teapots, etc.\u00a0 First sketch each piece separately to get familiar with them.\u00a0 Then try combining them into an animal or bird.\u00a0 Screwdriver legs, a teapot body, and a pliers head, perhaps!\u00a0 Make several sketches of your found-object creature, smoothing lines and changing details, adding scales, spikes, or feathers, until you are satisfied.\u00a0 Voila!\u00a0 You\u2019ve made fantasy art!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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