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It’s All About Process
When looking at a work of art on display, people are quite often unaware of the amount of time and effort that went into its creation. Artists might make it look easy, but think of all years of skill development, the sketches and research— think of how many times that ...
Keep ReadingThank you
Well my IICS Artists, after nearly seven years, there’s one word that comes to my mind: gratitude. I am grateful for meeting each and every one of you, and lucky to have been your teacher. Thank you for your determination and your patience. Thank you for taking risks and for ...
Keep ReadingAround the World
When it was revealed that Grade 7 had trouble with geography, the Around the World project was born. First, I traced a map of the world (thanks to our handy projector) onto a very, very large canvas. Then our artists had to pick a country they had never been to, ...
Keep ReadingThe Shoe Drive is on!
Coats, hats, gloves, and sweaters are welcome too— anything to keep someone warm this winter. The Knitting Circle already has about 12 scarves to donate! Thanks to M. for all her hard work with the posters.
Keep ReadingLearn a new skill to keep someone warm
IICS’s first ever Knitting Circle met for the first time last week to learn how to knit scarves for the children of Syrian refugees in Istanbul. Thanks to the expertise and talents of Mrs. Lumsden and Ms. Kaplangı, we’ve started about ten scarves— and I just learned that Mrs. Lumsden finished ...
Keep ReadingThe Whale King
Junny’s Whale King mask has really come a long way from his initial construction out of cardboard scraps— and check out all the beautiful masks from the rest of Grade 7: It’s so nice to see how the masks develop from sketches to the final product!
Keep ReadingA Mouse in the Art House!
There was something odd about Grade 8’s egg tempera pieces on Tuesday morning… Little nibble marks were taken out of the edges of each artist’s piece! And the culprit really took a liking to Melek’s hair. This was not the first time I have found evidence of a mouse in ...
Keep ReadingSketchers at Hezarfen
On Tuesday, Sketching Istanbul was welcomed back to Hezarfen Havaalanı, where we used up the good afternoon light to sketch the airfield’s collection of airplanes in and around the hangar. As our time was short, our focus was on capturing the main shapes of the planes, leaving details to the end. Once the ...
Keep ReadingGrade 9 at work
Grade 9 is stippling and cross-hatching away to get their Surreal Self-portraits done by Friday. Our artists are transforming themselves into trees and robots, drowning in the sand of an hourglass, and growing a beard of snakes. Stay tuned to see the finished pieces!
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