Blind Contour drawing is my favorite way to draw. It’s quick and free and allows you and students to let go and just express their creativity without all the pressure being placed on the final outcome.
In this class students drew each other in 30 seconds. The process is to draw without looking at the paper (I often get students to place drawing boards and hands under their smock) and to start from a point and keep a continuous line. This often means that facial features are out of place and lines a drawn across the face from ear to ear and so forth.
To create the cut paper portrait students photocopy the face onto 4-5 pieces of color cartridge paper and then cut and layer the face starting from the base which is the total face shape and then build up in layers of different color. The only rule is that the colors should not touch, so always separate a layer with a different color.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
Papel Picado - How to....
I have decorated the studio with the paper cutting art of Papal Picado. These colorful and cheap banners add a festive feel to an otherwise empty studio. As the students make art I will replace the decorations with their own work. The Papel Picado were hard to find in Melbourne, I sourced them from a shop called Market Imports in Armadale.
http://www.marketimport.com/catalog/
This is a fantastic shop with beautiful Mexican imports from clay to tin and fabric. I have also looked into making them and found some great you tube feeds. Jose A Chavez has the best I have come across
http://au.youtube.com/user/jachapez
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Art Room Rules - 4 R's of Respect
These 4 rules of Respect help me to keep my art studio at peace. As a class we discuss the four R's, deciding what they mean and what areas they cover. Students understand the Materials are the tools and medium we use to make art and the studio covers the furniture and all the fixtures of the studio. When a student breaks an 'R' I ask them to show me which 'R' was broken. We then have a small discussion about how it was broken and move on. I feel that these 4 R's of Respect cover all areas of the art studio. I keep this poster framed in my studio so it is always present.
Friday, January 23, 2009
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