Indigo class finished off their personal projects this week. We had a relief sculpture of a coastline made from papier mâché and modroc, a collaged mood board with images collected from magazines, and an acrylic portrait on canvas. We will be reflecting on our work and sharing it with another group next week, which is an important part of the Arts Award process.
Indigo class continued with their main projects. Photos of the finished pieces next week!
Indigo class got their main projects underway this week, after spending last week’s session planning and preparing. Each student was free to choose the direction they wanted to take with their project, depending on their interests. We have paper sculpting, acrylic portrait painting, a papier mâché coastline and a portrait drawing project on the go!
We’re going to be working on our main projects over three weeks- watch this space to see our progress!
This week Indigo class met illustrator Craig Pattrick. Craig specialises in plasticine sculpture, and has run fab holiday workshops with Art Stars in the past! Craig took part in a Q & A session, with the students asking questions in order to complete an artist profile as part of their Arts Award. He spoke about how he became an illustrator, and where the inspiration came from for the characters in his picture book. He then showed us some techniques for sculpting in plasticine, and we had a go at creating our own characters using Craig’s set of dentist tools!
You can see more of Craig’s work on his website, Craig Pattrick Illustration
We also screen printed the third layer of our Marcus Walters inspired designs.
Indigo Class continued with their screen prints based on British designer Marcus Walters’ work. We produced the stencil for the second layer, which involved more fiddly work with the craft knives! We each printed the second layer onto our prints from last week, taking care to align the screen correctly with the image underneath. We also prepared the third stencil ready for next week’s final round of screen printing. The students are really getting to grips with the process now and worked independently and in pairs.
This week in Indigo class, we produced a stencil for the first layer of our screen print design inspired by Marcus Walters. We drew the design out onto moisture resistant card, before using a craft knife to cut around the outlines. This was fiddly and required quite a lot of patience! Once our stencils were ready we attached them to the underside of a silk screen using parcel tape. We laid the screen on top of a piece of heavy duty cartridge paper, then used a squeegee to drag ink across the surface. Some of us experimented with combining colours and got some interesting results! Next week we’ll be printing the second layer of our designs.
This week Indigo Class discussed the work of Marcus Walters, a UK based illustrator and designer working in a variety of media. We looked at some of his screen printing work (see examples below, lower four images), and used these as inspiration to come up with a three-layered design. We learnt about a technique for screen printing that uses stencils, and will be cutting and printing the first layer of our designs next week.
This project is part of the ‘Inspire’ section of Arts Award Explore- we’ll be documenting our progress and reflecting on which elements we have most enjoyed in our Arts Logs as we go.
Following on from last term’s success in achieving their Arts Award at Discover level, the talented artists in Indigo Class have moved on to the next level- Explore! Explore is the first accredited level of the award, meaning that our artists will be working towards a recognised qualification endorsed by Trinity College, London. Explore is a more in depth programme and will take us up to Easter to complete.
This week we identified different art forms and recorded our strengths and interests in our Arts Logs. We also discussed possible projects that we’d like to undertake as part of the award. We then had a go at some monoprinting techniques. Some exciting arts experiences ahead!
More information about Arts Award can be found on their website- http://www.artsaward.org.uk.
This week in Indigo class we added embellishments to our textiles pieces which will be included in the Winter Exhibition. We will be documenting the exhibition in our Arts Award log books as evidence of sharing our work- the third and final section of the Award. Then our log books will be assessed!
This week Indigo class completed our textiles project. We chose some fabric to use to create a cushion inspired by the work we saw at the Stamford Arts Centre exhibition. We sewed our fish lino print onto one of the sides, before pinning the two pieces face to face and sewing around the outside. We then turned the cushion the right way out, added stuffing and sewed up the last little bit. We’re really pleased with our results!
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