Artist Study: Delita Martin

Our Artist this term is Delita Martin, an American artist who is known for her printmaking and mixed-media art.

Today, we started off by learning about her life and work.  Delita Martin was born in Texas in 1972.  She knew she wanted to be an artist when she was only five years old as she was exposed to art through her father’s work as a carpenter and painter. She studied drawing and printmaking at university in Texas and later taught Art at a university in Arkansas.  Delita Martin uses various techniques including printmaking, painting and stitching which incorporate indigenous and modern art-making.  She founded her own studio, Black Box Press, and  is a founding member of Black Women of Print, a printmaking collective for Black women. Permanent collections of Delita Martin’s works are shown  in many museums across the United States.

We looked closely at some of her Art work and identified the range of materials and techniques that she had combined to create each one. Then we worked in our sketch books to record our knowledge and observations  and also to begin to explore her style using sketching and watercolours.

Next week, we are going to create own art inspired by Delita Martin and we  had great fun, posing for photographs (click here to see them Year 6 poses  )which we will use for our  artworks- We can’t wait to show you our finished pieces!