We had an amazing day with Claire yesterday, learning about Acrylics.
It was a great group and we enjoyed gorgeous sunshine, bright inks and acrylic colours, a delicious lunch and worked ourselves very VERY hard, as the photos below will show you.
After wetting our paper, we used these vibrant inks either by dropping them on, or making them move around with the brush. They make fantastic patterns.
The photo below, shows some of the group making a start on their base cover.
The theme we had today was flowers, either as a still life or an abstract form, so there were plenty of floral ideas and shapes to choose from.
Unlike Watercolour paper that absorbs water and colour very quickly, the inks just sit on the paper we used today, so they take a while to dry, you can see the shine on the one here.
Ideal for us to have a nice quick break in the sunshine whilst they dried!
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| we all loved this so much and thought it a work of art just on it's own! |
After the base layer had dried, we covered it with school white PVA glue, scrunched up a large piece of tissue paper, then smoothed it out over the top of our painting, using a rolling pin to smooth out any large air bubbles. It creates a wonderful textured surface for us to work on.
After it had dried, (more sun, more biscuits!) we re-wet the piece of paper and added yet more inks to create a second layer of depth and interest, without losing the lights and darks we had already created.
Then it was time to get to work with the acrylic paints and start creating our masterpieces!
Some people got VERY carried away and managed two or three, all different and when it came to our gallery at the end, the room was full of stunning, bright and beautiful acrylic paintings.
A fantastic day!
Here are ALL of today's painting from our very talented ladies
(note: some had never painted acrylics before)
if you click on the photo, it will enlarge the painting so that you can get a closer look
An Impressive Day!
Summer Term Watercolour dates will be published shortly
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