I got this idea from Makena Gadient at the recent CoCA 24 hour Art Marathon. This is an excellent design study.
Take a stack of cards. Using a big sewing needle, poke random holes into the stack of cards so they all have the same pattern of holes. Then, using the same holes, create a different design for each by sewing yarn from hole to hole. This can also be done with pens instead of yarn, but keep your lines straight, and avoid the desire to make an identifiable “thing.” No portraits, no pictures. These are just lines. Abstract designs only.
Design question: Which compositions are your favorite? Why?
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In early 1918 John Singer Sargent was commissioned by the British War Memorials Committee to document the war. Sargent originally thought he’d paint about the gallantry of soldiers, but after visiting the Western Front and seeing a field hospital full of soldiers who had been exposed to mustard gas, he changed his plans. The high society painter who …
I’m teaching two new figure sculpture classes starting April 14. One is sculpting with wax and polymer clay on armature. The other is Colorful Clay Busts. To get the party started in my Colorful Clay Busts course, we’re going to practice some fundamental clay sculpting techniques. For inspiration, I collected some figurative shapes that really …
30SAL Challenge: Connect the Dots
I got this idea from Makena Gadient at the recent CoCA 24 hour Art Marathon. This is an excellent design study.
Take a stack of cards. Using a big sewing needle, poke random holes into the stack of cards so they all have the same pattern of holes. Then, using the same holes, create a different design for each by sewing yarn from hole to hole. This can also be done with pens instead of yarn, but keep your lines straight, and avoid the desire to make an identifiable “thing.” No portraits, no pictures. These are just lines. Abstract designs only.
Design question: Which compositions are your favorite? Why?
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