Mixed Media Artist
This guided workshop we focused on building up each layer to create depth and mixing colours together to form new shades. After painting the graduating sky the paint was dried. The next stage was to paint the background trees and again allowing this to dry before adding the houses and white trees. Participants were encouraged …
The previous week the attendees learnt how to design and make stamps from recycled card and foam. This week they created these designs and stories with the stamps they had made. White card and coloured card was used for the background and we used block inks in various colours to coat the stamps. Some attendees …
Print making is a fun and creative activity. Once the stamps are made they can be used to print onto paper, card and fabric. The theme for this workshop was left free to encourage the attendees to use their own ideas when designing and making their stamps. The starting point was to design ideas for …
In this weeks workshop we looked at African art and discussed colours and ways in which we could create our own work. After a small watercolour demonstration the attendees experimented using rich colours to paint a background with different vibrant shades as a starting point. The watercolour paint was allowed to dry before applying ink …