Above: Pirate Butterfly; Below: Crow
Below: Paint covered marble in tray with paper.
Teaching kids and adults who have been told for years that they can't draw, means a different approach is needed. Often I use Surrealist techniques of mark making (with no control) then encourage the student to see what they can see in the marks, and then draw what ever it is out. Sometimes when I don't have any particular ideas for my own work, it is fun to use these techniques and see what happens. This weekend we have used paint covered marbles on a piece of paper in a tray and rolled the marble around by tilting the tray. 
Wonderful idea with the marbles. We do this with pencils at home.
ReplyDeleteOoo Vanessa, now I have to get the pencils rolling...
ReplyDeleteBrilliant idea :)
ReplyDeleteMust Be fun when the time comes to figure out what the forms look like.
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