This week we tackled glazing and blending in acrylic. Instead of a still life, I suggested splitting up the paper into sections with masking tape in order for each box to be a different experiment. We used soft brushes in order to get a softer effect than is possible with the stiffer ones, and diluted the paint with water in order to build up translucent layers. It’s a great technique for making abstract patterns – I could imagine many of the results as…
This week we looked into writing/drawing comics/graphic novels. We discussed how they manage to combine words and text together to create something that is more than the sum of it’s parts. I showed them how really the action in a comic happens between the boxes – the gutter – and in the imagination of the reader as the comics can only portray still images. But these still images can also use various tricks to convey movement – from movement lines, blurred images, blurred…
At the end of every summer term Art Class London puts on an exhibition of the work of all the students who attend our classes, young and old, experienced and beginners. We also have a private view – i.e. a party! Here are some pictures of the kids’ work on display.
This week we got to try out some millinery – using vilene (stiffened fabric), metal hair bands and sinamay (the net stuff that milliners use). AS well as my box of random fabrics. We had a wide range of designs from the pre-existing such as (tiny) top hats, witches hat and beefeater hats to the completely new such as the drooping swan and the fire hat. The stapler was invaluable here as a quick and easy way to attach the fabric without waiting…