Archive for the ‘Art’ Category

Can you guess the men in this film?

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Men In Film Once again Philip Scott Johnson does a great job in creating visual art this time about men in film. I know I recognised at least half the men in the film. The list appears below - look at the film first before you read this list then check off ...

Monet by Johnson

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Monet from Philip Scott Johnson on Vimeo. Once again Philip has excelled himself with this clip on Monet - worth a look. I have seen a few of Monet's works here in Melbourne and in Paris many years ago.

Wordle Art

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

I created this wordle using my blog's main words. Its quite easy to create the picture although I had to use paint to edit the image before I could put it on my blog. Those wanting access to the site which I am sure would interest many students at school: ...

Do schools kill creativity?

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Sir Ken Robinson is featured in this video on Do schools kill creativity? The video goes for 20 minutes and is quite entertaining to watch - it's ideal for parents to view or to use at a staff meeting to promote the value of a balanced curriculum. In the presentation ...

Is personalised learning the holy grail?

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

I was watching the Da Vinci Code movie the other night and got to pondering was the holy grail that so many knights had fought to find and in some cases protect, in fact Mary Magdalene's sepulchre as the Dan Brown's book suggested. In the movie it's the paintings of Leonardo Da ...

500 Years of Women in Art

Monday, September 1st, 2008

  Thanks to John Connells work I have found a great blog for the art lovers by Phillip Scott Johnson. Women in art featues 500 famous paintings which have all been listed.