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Woman, Bird and Star – Joan Miró, 1942
Look at this painting.
Can you see a woman?
Or a bird?
Can you see the star?
1. The artist’s point of view: Joan Miró
Lines, shapes and colours
are the basic elements of
pictures.
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2. Lines
Straight Curved Thick
Jagged Thin Dashed
Look at this photo.
What types of lines can you see?
There are lots of different
types of lines used in art.
For example:
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3. Colour
Find out more about colour:
Video
The colour wheel
Artists use colours to
express ideas and feelings.
The colour wheel
RED
ORANGE
YELLOW
GREEN
BLUE
PURPLE
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4. Shapes
Shapes can be
regular.
Look at these pictures.
What shapes can you see?
Shapes can be
irregular.
Circle Square Triangle
Cloud Blob
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Joan Miró (Barcelona, 1893 – Palma de Mallorca, 1983)
Harlequin’s Carnival (1924–1925)
5. Joan Miró
Find out more about Joan Miró.
The Joan Miró Foundation
Miró was one of the most
important painters of the 20th
century.
He used lots of curved lines,
irregular shapes and
different colours.
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6. Art task: lines, shapes and colours
Miró was a ‘surrealist’. He
created works of art about
dreams, emotions and
feelings.
Paint or draw any object using:
different types of lines
regular and irregular shapes
different colours.
Look at this example for
inspiration:
Dutch Interior I (1928)
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