Mary Blair
SEE THINK WONDER
What do you see in the picture? What do you think is happening and what was the artist trying to tell you with this picture? What does this picture make you wonder about?
Mary Blair (born Mary Browne Robinson; October 21, 1911 – July 26, 1978) was an American artist, animator, and designer. She was prominent in producing art and animation for The Walt Disney Company, drawing concept art for such films as Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Song of the South and Cinderella.[1] Blair also created character designs for enduring attractions such as Disneyland's It's a Small World, the fiesta scene in El Rio del Tiempo in the Mexico pavilion in Epcot's World Showcase, and an enormous mosaic inside Disney's Contemporary Resort. Several of her illustrated children's books from the 1950s remain in print, such as I Can Fly by Ruth Krauss. Blair was inducted into the group of Disney Legends in 1991. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Blair
Films that Mary Blair worked on include:
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Peter Pan (1953)
The Little House (1952)
Susie the Little Blue Coupe (1952)
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Cinderella (1950)
So Dear to My Heart (1948)
Melody Time (1948)Song of the South (1948)
Make Mine Music (1946)
The Three Caballeros (1944)
Saludos Amigos (1942)
Dumbo (1941)
Fantasia (1940)
Blair was also a writer for:
Assignment:
We will create a castle or a city using basic shapes and colors
Start by drawing a line across the bottom of your page.
On that line, draw a series of rectangles. These will be your buildings or castle turrets
Add shapes like semicircles, triangles and trapezoids to the top of your rectangles for roofs.
on the front of each rectangle draw 2-3 horizontal lines, dividing each rectangle into sections.
Decorate each section by adding other shapes, further diving that space or adding other embellishments such as flowers. stars or leaves.
When you are done, color it in. You may use random colors or use a theme such as warm or cool colors, a focal point color, or monochrome.
Color Wheel
Vocabulary
visual vocabulary
design
variety
unity
Questions:
why are there different color in different places
what careers can you do if you think about color
how can you have unity
