Isfeld Arts: Chase

Some watercolor leaf and rock student samples from Creative Arts.

Our next project will be painting watercolor rocks. You will be painting as though you're looking down at the rocks on a beach or river. Layering is essential for this project. Take your time to try different techniques such as saran-wrap, splattering, shading, in order to create a multi-textured piece.

Assignment #3: You are to find two different leaves and trace them onto separate pieces of watercolour paper with a pencil. Next you should wet your background with water, leaving a space around the leaf and complete a wash. Wait for each background to dry before you go on to painting  details within the leaf.

We will have the opportunity to play with watercolours over the next couple of weeks.The first assignment is to teach you to blend colours and put a wash onto the paper. Assignment #1: Red, yellow,orange (warm wash) Blue, green (cool wash) Remember we are doing a wet on wet wash, so add your water first, blend your colours before putting them onto the page, then drop on the paint. Do not forget to leave some white space. Assignment #2: Create a wash,any colour, sprinkle some salt onto the page and see what happens. The last piece of watercolour paper should be used for you to play and experiment...HAVE FUN!

Here is a great video to help with Zentangle Designs.  Zentangle patterns

The new assignment for this week is to test your colour theory. We will be creating colours to match the colour swatches you cut out of magazines. Description of Assignment: Cut out six colors that you like. (AVOID: black, white, or pure colors. You should be looking for shades or tints of a colour). Glue colour cutouts to a piece of  tag paper, and then using acrylic paints mix your own color to match. Paint your colour next to the magazine colour swatch. Remember paint dries slightly darker. Have fun.

Here is a sample of a brightly colored spray paint shirt. Artist: Brigitte Cattell

The latest project is a mixed media piece on a CD case sized canvas. All of the small canvas pieces will be stitched onto a larger piece of canvas and hung in the school. Each piece MUST include a quote which gives some advice to future generations of students at Isfeld. Remember this should be a mixed media piece.

Here are some samples of finished multimedia canvas work. Criteria for this assignment includes: many layers and textures coordinate your colours (do not choose every colour in the book) add some text ( a word or quote) make sure you have a focal point VERY IMPORTANT! ensure your piece is visually pleasing THE PIECE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ON A THEME

Elements required for the mixed media assignment are: 1. Layers/ textures ( gel tranfers, collage, watercolour, stamps, spray paint etc.) 2. Coordinated colors. 3. Text 4. Focal point Remember, Don't get too attached to your base, layers, layers, layers!

Some sample artwork from this weeks doodles assignments:

Here is some examples from the first project of the year which focuses on the element of LINE. Students have done a spectaclular job on this assignment, showcasing their originality.