Meanwhile using acrylics in primary colours we painted over the newspaper page itself. I rather like how the text and ghosts of images show through the paint ( some people who had the sudoko or crossword pages had some interesting results) Then picking out the areas liked/disliked and using in my case a more restricted colour palette, painted on the watercolour paper with the transfered shapes, thinking about layers and quality of paint and brushstrokes The results were so varied - some people had picked out tiny little squares (and were then cursing at the amount of tracing involved!) , some had concentrated on large blocks but all were based on the newspaper layouts . It was a great way to produce abstraction fairly painlessly and in a restricted time frame . Worth further exploration.
We have a break next week as our tutor has been nominated for a teaching award but then we have 2 weeks to work on our own project - what to choose?!!
4 comments:
It's amazing how many ideas which turn out to be quite simple can be a wonderful springboard for design development. This looks a great one to try. The limited palette was a good idea too.
Thanks for showing this. What a good idea for introducing people to abstract colour fields.
This has a pre-pojagi feel...
great exercise for the times we are stuck. thanks for sharing.
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