John Strickland has drawn my attention to a couple of interesting techniques that are a little out of the ordinary. During his classes he has been encouraging his participants to think out of the square.
The first technique is scraperboard.
Maybe you remember this from your school art classes? We were given a bit of black board and a sharp instrument for cutting through the black surface and revealing the white card beneath.
Things have moved on! The underlying layer can now be multicoloured. Maureen sent an impressive example of a head - see above. Of course with time perhaps the ‘arbitrary’ colour below the surface can be used to its advantage.
John thought colour and cleverly used the hues to create a Chinese dragon.
The second technique his group has been experimenting with is the effect of pouring acrylic paints. These are liquid acrylics that are thinned down and then...poured! Sounds simple and indeed it is but to create and vaguely control the pouring, dilution and direction...is an art.
There are no FHAS pictures to support this but, according to members present, it is a liberating and fun way to create colour and design.
John recommended looking at OLGA SOBY(see above) on YouTube. She has produced some exquisite work. Have a look at what she does and maybe you, too, will be inspired.
Remember next up is the portrait challenge. Please send your works soonest!
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