Art Class London posts
Week 2 and this week we made paper mosaics. But we weren’t limiting ourselves to the simple, regular square types, oh no. We had strips, rectangles, dots, the lot! And used magazines as well as coloured card. A really simple technique, ideal for the younger ones, is to cover a piece of paper in strips and then on the reverse draw the outline of an animal (remember to choose an animal that is recognisable from its silhouettes – so generally this means side-on).…
Last week of term this week so yes, it’s time to paint the modroc sculptures! Everyone came with brilliant ideas of how to paint the sculptures they’ve been making the past two weeks. We used acrylic paint which is easy to paint details or corrections on top, once dry. Some even added other elements such as tissue paper wings or paper clothing. Love the results!
Now we have completed Mona Brookes’ drawing exercises (although of course everyone’s drawing will benefit from practicing them regularly!) we are moving onto working with much greater freedom and preparing for the end of term exhibition. So week 7 was all about painting but there was only one rule – no paintbrushes! Instead we had all manner of implements, many originally designed for cleaning! Including: scrapers, toothbrushes, combs, scourers, sponges, squeegees… The children were very inventive in their creations!
This week we tackled drawing upside down. The idea here is to try and disengage the thinking side of your brain and engage the visual. Often when we look we are scanning to take in everything that is there, recognising, categorising and interpreting it all. When it comes to drawing this doesn’t always help us because we are not looking at exactly what is there, we are trying to think about what is there. When we turn what we are trying to draw…
