Not Just a Painting on the Wall...
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| Safiyyah and Ezna |
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| Tasnim |
In today's workshop we experimented with painting, but not in the way that many people might think. Magdy showed us artworks that he made which used canvas in unusual ways and also about how he used cardboard as a kind of 'canvas'.
This discussion reminded me of an art style called 'book page art' where art is crafted or painted on the pages of old books. Click here for a website with book page art.
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| Magdy's example |
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| Aziz and Zaid |
He then led us through an artistic process starting with paper and charcoal then moving to primed cardboard and acrylic and finally displaying his work using the folds in the cardboard box. This project tied in the new media workshop we did last week and also is foreshadowing the sculpture work that we will do on Wednesday.
When he was finished and we were all staying around admiring the artwork, one of the students raised an important question.
"But miss... what is it?"
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| Mohammed Kenneh |
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| Yeasmida |
What a great question! However, I am not the only one with the answers. Sometimes an artist creates work with intended meaning and other times they are just playing and meaning can be considered after. When considering the meaning of this work we discussed what we could see (an eye, a mouth, 'busy' lines) and made some connections from there. What do you think it is?
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| Salma |
Then, it was the students' turn. The artworks on this post were made within about 20-30 minutes.
I would love for these students to reflect on this workshop and perhaps they might enlighten us about some of the artistic choices they made when creating their work.
I'm dazzled by the way you are teaching. The love and devotion that sparkle and radiates from you inspire and energize the students to give more and be active. Your understanding of the project concept give confidence to the students and make them decided to choose their way. it will take a short time from them to work with a concept. but it is a very good training and experience at their portfolio. Thanks for your time of making this blog an active and inspiring space and building a bridge between the students cultural diverse backgrounds and their future as Australian
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