Beatriz Milhazes Screenprints 1996–2011 Family Activity Sheet

ColourBeatriz Milhazes’ prints are full of bright, dancing colours that jump out of the canvas, inspired bycolours in the natural and manmade world around her... what are your favourite colours in the artist’swork? What colours do you not like?What colours do you notice around you in your world?Which ones would you choose to include in a work of art?Mini-activity: Personal PaletteMaterials: coloured pencils/crayons/oil pastels/sharpies• Choose 5 colours that you think would look good together.• Make your own palette in your notebook with these colours using pencil/ crayon/ pastels.ShapesThe artist’s prints are full of different shapes including lots of circles, hearts and arabesques thatdon’t describe anything in particular, but might make you think of other things in the world aroundyou – even animals! Beatriz Milhazes is inspired by lots of things including flowers & plants, clothes& jewellery, cars & buildings… Look closely; what shapes do you see in the prints, and what do theseshapes make you think of? Can you find any spider’s webs?!Left - Right:Beatriz Milhazes, Rosa branca no centro (White Rose in Center), 1997Beatriz Milhazes, Entre o mar e a montanha (Between the Ocean and the Mountains), 1997–98Beatriz Milhazes, No campo (On the Land), 1997