Yesterday, the Sketching Istanbul group took a short trip to the beautiful Mimar Sinan bridge in our nearby town of Büyükçekmece. This was our second visit to the bridge, which was built in 1567 by the Ottoman Empire’s greatest architects, …
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As part of their unit on Cubism, and as a way to develop their painting skills, Grade 10 is creating Cubist Self-portraits in acrylic paint. They have also been playing around with Photoshop; creating digital collages of their faces …
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And for those of you who are new to IICS, a big, warm welcome to you too! I’m really looking forward to teaching all of you, and I can’t wait for us to get our hands dirty making some art. …
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As I was passing though the airport in Amsterdam on my way back to Istanbul, I came across a small kiosk from the Van Gogh Museum selling books and objects devoted to the painter’s work. I visited this museum on …
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IICS’s first ever Graphic Novel Club has just published their first mini comic— please congratulate Halim, Hyojee, Joseph, and Nika on their hard work. The edition includes stories of a cheeky mouse, a man who wins the lottery, the horrors …
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Grade 7 has made significant developments in their sculpting skills after the Mask Project and much practice with clay. Here, they are hard at work on their abstract sculptures, which are inspired by Paleolithic and Neolithic sculptures of the human …
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How lucky were we that the Pera Müzesi opened their Andy Warhol exhibition just as Grade 10 was beginning their Pop Art unit? This was a perfect opportunity for a field trip to see the work of an icon, and …
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A small school of Grade 8’s marvellous fish, which you can now see in the hall by the offices.…
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After watching the PBS Nova documentary Mystery of a Masterpiece, Grade 8 reflected on what they knew of Leonardo Da Vinci and his skills as an artist, and debated whether or not La Bella Principessa was truly a lost …
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Last week, Grade 8 stepped into the shoes of Renaissance artists by dissecting real barbunya fish and describing what they saw in detailed charcoal drawings, using value and contrast. The experience was challenging, fun, and a bit smelly.
Artists in …
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