Sonia Terk Delauney

Orphism art: Orphism is a type of abstract art form that uses bright colours.  

2 facts about Sonia Terk Delauney: 

1. Sonia Terk Delauney could speak 4 languages at the time she was 18. The languages she could speak were Russian, German, French and English.
2. when her husband Robert Delaunay died in 1941 she stopped making art for 10 years. She started to come back into the art around 1950.

Our learning outcome has been: To look at Sonia Terk Delauney and Orphism to develop an understanding about who and what this is. We have been doing this through linocut printmaking. We have also looked at the focal point and leading lines.

Our techniques have been: Drawing Terk Delauneys work and understand the context. We have had to do some thumbnail sketches with colour and annotation. Then we have to turn them into lino designs.

Evidence of this: