Art Challenge 3 - Take on Piet Mondrian
Our third challenge choice was Piet Mondrian, a Dutch artist born in 1872 who experimented with different artistic styles throughout his life. He was recognised for his purity of abstractions, from simplifying tree shapes to his most well-known cubism works created around 1920 where he reduced the elements to lines and rectangles and using only primary palette colours.
Samples of Piet’s works over the years.
Members found this one quite challenging, but also very exciting.
After reading about Piet’s history and following his life experiences, we got to work creating our own take of his style.
Whether it was his early works or the later simplified versions, the results were amazing.
Well done to our members who participated in this challenge.
Art Challenge 2 - Take on Clarice Beckett
Members enjoyed the first challenge taking a leaf out of Gustav Klimt’s style.
This time members were introduced to Clarice Beckett, a well-known Australian artist renowned for her subtle, misty landscapes of Melbourne and its suburbs. Living in Beaumaris, many of her works depicted the local area. By 1926 she was creating landscapes unprecedented in Australian art for their “radical simplicity”.
After much research and getting a feel of her works (see samples below), the team were ready to create their own style of Clarice’s work.
Sounded simple, but the challenge was to keep it moody, soft and with a limited colour palate. Tricky, but great artworks resulted.
Art Challenge 1 - Gustav Klimt’s Artistic Style
February 2024
Sunbury Art Society members are always eager to learn new techniques and styles to get out of their comfort zone. To start the year off, members were given a challenge to learn about a very well known artist, Gustav Klimt and to take a leaf out of his book to create their own take on of his work.
His distinctive style is characterized by ornate details and rich symbolism, often featuring gilded patterns and intricate motifs.
The results are amazing, as you can see from the artwork displayed.
The society plans on running these challenges to its members on a regular basis.
As this first one got the imaginative juices flowing, we are now eager to continue
experimenting with different techniques and mediums.