Thursday, August 29, 2024

Exploring Art with Grant Haffner: The Road Trip Vibe












In our recent art lesson, we learned about an artist named Grant Haffner. His artwork is all about colorful lines and the feeling of being on a road trip. We had so much fun getting into the road trip vibe while making our own art!

Who is Grant Haffner?

Grant Haffner is an artist who creates amazing pictures of long, colorful roads. He uses bright lines and bold colors to show what it feels like to drive down a road, especially during sunrise or sunset. His artwork is inspired by road trips, where you drive for a long time and see lots of different places along the way.

What is a Road Trip?

A road trip is a fun journey you take in a car, usually with family or friends. You drive through different areas, maybe past fields, forests, or even mountains. It’s all about the adventure and the excitement of what you’ll see next! Grant Haffner’s art captures that feeling—the open road stretching out in front of you, full of possibilities.

Our Art Project

For this lesson, we used 9 x 12 paper to create our own road trip scenes inspired by Grant Haffner. We focused on two main things: lines and color. We used lots of straight and curvy lines to show the roads and added bright colors to make the skies and landscapes pop.

We talked about how the lines help lead your eyes down the road, just like in Haffner’s work. The bold colors we used helped bring the feeling of adventure to life, making our pictures look lively and exciting—just like a real road trip!

Why We Loved This Lesson

This was such a fun project because it let us imagine going on our own road trips. We loved using color and lines to create that sense of movement and adventure. It felt like we were capturing the energy of a journey, just like Grant Haffner does in his art.

By learning about his work, we saw how art can express a feeling, like the excitement of exploring new places. We can’t wait to take more artistic “road trips” in the future!

A fantastic resource for this unit is located here:

https://www.arttime.com/post/road-trippin-with-artist-grant-haffner

Yall... one time 1965 and I went on a road trip to Memphis to see my daughter. It should have taken us 9 hours it took like 18. We did a side detour. You can read about it here. https://2soulsisters.blogspot.com/2021/08/two-sisters-and-two-dogs-finally-seeing.html Right Brain, 1969's husband, called us. He heard Boy George in the car and was like what is going on...we just laughed. Boy George was programmed on our WAZE app. As I made this post and got it ready to scheduled, I realized it is our sweet mama's bday. Happy Heavenly, Birthday Mama "Ga"....we sure do miss you. So, we know just how much you like sunsets not sunrises because you liked to sleep in....this post is for you! Love you - Mean it - Miss you our dear, Mama! Here are a few links about our sweet mama. See below:

https://2soulsisters.blogspot.com/2023/12/celebrating-bob-cochran-potter-husband.html

https://2soulsisters.blogspot.com/2022/05/elaine-cochran-memorial-art-award.html

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