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Find out About 1 Find out about Look at this print by Lionel of himself. Can you see the lines behind him? Why do you think Lionel put them there? Tip: To find the artworks What do you think Lionel is saying look for this leaf about himself in this artwork? There is an etching in this exhibition of Lionel and his wife Jean relaxing on their verandah. It is called Morning Tea – can you find it? Tip: Turn around and walk to the other end of the gallery space through the archways. Compare how Lionel looks in these 2 wood engravings. Did you know: Lionel made this wood engraving of himself dressed as a jester. A jester is a sort of clown. The Jester, 1923, wood engraving When you make a picture of yourself printed in black ink on paper it is called a self-portrait. mrag.org.au 1 About these Art Cards Use these Art Cards as a way of looking at individual artworks by Lionel in this exhibition Lionel’s Place: Lionel Lindsay Lionel had nine brothers and sisters and they all grew from the Maitland Regional up in the late 1800s in Creswick, Victoria, where their Art Gallery Collection. father was the local doctor. Drawing and art were encouraged at home and five of the Lindsay children, The cards can be used in any order including Lionel and Norman, became artists. after you have looked at this card, Art Card 1. You can take them Lionel and Norman worked as illustrators home to do the activities on the when they finished school, drawing pictures back or you can return them to the for magazines and newspapers. This was before Art Card holder when you leave. photography was widely used and most illustrations were done by hand using black ink with pen or brush on white paper. Lionel and Norman became masters at etching and Lionel became an expert About wood engraver as well. Both these methods of printmaking rely on drawing in black and white Lionel’s Place which they both did to a very high standard. Lionel loved Spain and first went there in 1902. Lionel’s etchings, wood engravings and watercolours All the artworks in this exhibition established him as a respected and admired artist are by Lionel Lindsay and were across Australia. He also wrote about art for gifted to the MRAG Collection newspapers and books and was twice appointed a by Max and Nola Tegel in 2016. Trustee of the Art Gallery of NSW. In 1941 he was We hope you enjoy looking at knighted and became Sir Lionel Lindsay for his these artworks and finding service to Australian art. out about Lionel. All images © Lionel Lindsay Estate – National Library of Australia. mrag.org.au 2 Tip: To find the artworks look for this leaf Compare this portrait of Norman with Lionel’s self- Did. portrait The Jester. you. How are they different from know? each other? Can you find on Lionel made this this wall a portrait drypoint etching of a woman of his brother in black? Norman in 1918 This is Lionel’s when Lionel was daughter Jean, 42 and Norman whose nickname 37 years old. was Bingo. Both the brothers were well-known artists. Do you think that Norman Lindsay, 1918 these three Lindsays drypoint etching, printed in black ink on paper look alike? Lionel Lindsay was an Australian artist who lived from 1874-1961. Read Art Card 1 to find out more about Lionel then use the other Art Cards in any order. mrag.org.au 2 Look up self-portraits Draw your own by artists self-portrait Try finding self-portraits by these artists: Vincent Van Gogh, Stand in front of a mirror Margaret Olley, Pablo Picasso, with a pencil and a sheet of A4 paper Jenny Sages, Margaret Preston, and draw your reflection! Rembrandt, Nora Heysen, David Hockney, Sidney Nolan. Start with the outline of your face from the top of your head to your chin. Draw your eyes – they are about half way down from the top of your head to your chin. Make your own Then your nose (ends half way between your eyes and your chin). self-portait And now your mouth (half way between without looking end of your nose and your chin). Now draw where your hair starts at the top of your forehead (about half way between your eyes and the top of your head). With a phone take a Add your neck! selfie (self-portrait). Keep going with ears, freckles, glasses Do a drawing of yourself from and anything else that makes you you! your selfie. Don’t look down Now add colour… at your drawing, just keep on Find a picture frame to fit your self-portrait, looking at your photo selfie. make sure you sign and date your work. See what you have found out about yourself! mrag.org.au 3 Tip: To find the artworks look for this leaf The Black Cat, 1922 wood engraving printed in black ink on paper Look closely at this cat sitting in a garden. See all the tiny white lines Look around this part of Can you in the cat’s fur and in the the exhibition. How many make up leaves, flowers and grass. other cats by Lionel can names for you count? each cat? Did you Lionel made this artwork by cutting lots of different lines into a flat piece of wood, know? then he rolled black ink over the top and made a print. He used a magnifying glass to look through when he was cutting his wood block. Lionel Lindsay was an Australian artist who lived from 1874-1961. Read Art Card 1 to find out more about Lionel then use the other Art Cards in any order. mrag.org.au 3 Easy Engraving You need Use your biro to copy your drawing onto your styrofoam board. Make sure you press hard so you can feel the lines going into the board. Colour your board with textas, going over a few times and making sure all parts of the board are coloured especially around your biro lines. one. a simple two. textas Press a piece of paper on top of the board line drawing very firmly (don’t let it slip or your print of yours will smudge) and carefully roll across the top with your roller. four. paper Take off the paper to reveal your print! Your biro lines should come out white three. a biro (like Lionel’s lines in ‘The Black Cat’). six. a firm Tip: Do this again, add more texta, and cardboard try making your paper a little damp before five. piece of cylinder as printing and experiment! styrofoam a roller maybe packing the inside of from food plastic film about 8 x 8cm wrap is good mrag.org.au 4 Tip: To find the artworks look for this leaf See how the Do you think that vulture and tree the vulture is high both stand out up in a tree? against the white sky – this is called making How many sharp a silhouette. parts of the vulture and the surroundings can Look at how you see? much detail Lionel has put in his print - the feathers, beak, What do talons, eyes... what you the else can you see? think vulture might do next? The Indian Vulture, 1933 wood engraving, printed in black ink on paper Lionel Lindsay was an Australian artist who lived from 1874-1961. Read Art Card 1 to find out more about Lionel then use the other Art Cards in any order. mrag.org.au 4 Make your own silhouette Vultures Draw an outline of a vulture or another near you bird that you like that has a distinctive outline (distinctive= special, something that can be recognised). Colour it with a dark pencil or paint or texta about vultures and and cut out the outline carefully and stick it Find out see if they might live near you – onto a white piece of paper. check out the Atlas of Living Now make a tree or branch the same way Australia as the bird and stick it down. online. Add some thin lines in the sky like Lionel has and add a black frame around the edge. Now you have your own silhouette! Tip: Add some pink or orange sunset wispy shapes in watery paint very faintly in the sky. mrag.org.au 5 Tip: To find the artworks look for this leaf This etching was made by at the rest Lionel nearly Look of the etchings on 100 years ago. this wall. Look at how Can you the women count how many are dressed. donkeys, carts, children, What do you horses, that think they you can see? are doing? Do you think Which country Mardi Gras, Seville, Spain these scenes are (Spanish ladies), 1919 do you think this drypoint etching, all in the same etching is set in? in black ink on paper country? Lionel Lindsay was an Australian artist who lived from 1874-1961. Read Art Card 1 to find out more about Lionel then use the other Art Cards in any order. mrag.org.au 5 Find out where Spain is on a Design your own fan world map How far is Spain from Australia? How would you get there You need an A4 sheet of paper from Australia if you were Draw anything that you like and colour travelling in 1922? it – you need to fill the whole A4 sheet. Tip: You might like to draw some of the patterns and shapes that you can see in this etching.
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