MONSTER PLANTS AND MORE
Photographic sundry from teaching the children at LITTLE ART BUG. Nothing begs to be photographed like bubble-faced children creating art in glorious colours and i daresay i take more shots of these kids than myself, the time i spend outside of classes. Like an over-proud parent i shall proceed to show off their creations.
1. Origami paper printed with foaming paint
2. One can always trust the boys to think up legit monster plants
3. While the girls decorate theirs like charms
In the studio, it is always a pressing challenge to strike a balance between imparting skills, and nurturing their imaginations. On one hand i need to teach them to paint a perfect leaf, draw perfect circles. On the other, their mottled purple leaves and wonky circles can turn out to be just fabulous. There are many ways to hold a brush, to subvert drawing techniques to suit your purposes. I encourage good techniques whenever i can while they make me understand that art is more encompassing and expressive than the carefully structured lists in my manual.
ART IMPROV I // FOODNOTES
Imagine easy conversation, brushstrokes and the tincture of paint, understanding subtleties like the exact amount of water to cut the paints with, knowing a myriad ways to start but lingering, never too willing to stop.
Art Improv is a bespoke creative event that, after a lot of niggling, we summed up into an equation : free flow paints, space and inspiration + YOU = Art Improv, a painting experience which is social, accessible and addictive. It is a social situation catalysed by the meditative and bonding nature of creating art. Art Improv is an idea slowly achieving fruition that i am doing with JOANNE and TIFF for ARTBUG. Our maiden session was fun and by raucous consent, extended for an hour longer than it should have.
It was ironic that in making this “art” event happen i needed to be speedy and chatty and concise, a sharp contrast to my self-indulgence in artist mode where movements are slow, tactile and rhythmic, languidly folding brown pigment into pink to make salmon. On busy days like these i would like a big picture brain, i want to be in perpetual motion, an adult.
Sky in progress.
Touching base at the Ford Factory where we be painting a mural. The sun is unforgiving but snacks will get us through..
PHOTOSHOP SAYS NOOO
one. extremely distraught is an understatement.
two. i have been reduced to an incredulous, gapin’, lost wreck before of the computer screen.
three. the only time this can and will happen is right before a deadline. SOB
ALL I WANNA DO
with any luck at all, i might be able to start on these in a week. huzzah!
