6 week Art Course Intensive
3rd August – 7th September 2010
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6 Week Intensive
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010Problem Solving for Artists
Thursday, August 6th, 2009Problem solving for artists can be quite a complicated affair but here are some tips on what to look for when your painting just won’t work!
I feel that there are no longer RULES in art but that these are tips, to be used if they work for you under particular circumstances.
Tonal values are very important here in this painting
Tonal Values
- How have these been used? Remember, every colour has a matching tonal value. Its all too easy to get carried away with colour and forget that your artwork has to work tonally in order to be successful. Looking at your artwork through a piece of red coloured glass will be helpful here. The red glass cuts out the colour and lets you see whether your work is, in fact, working tonally.
- What effect does this use of tonal value have?
- What can be done to rectify this?
Colour Balance
- Where is this successful?
- What can be done to rectify this?
Use of paint – tactile quality
- Do you feel you want to touch it?
- If not, why not/ Art is a particularly tactile medium, which fascinates the viewer when different brushstrokes, paint marks etc are used
The texture in this painting enhances it's tactile quality
Are you developing a personal signature in your work?
- If so – is it in the brushstroke / colour use / use of media / theme etc.
- Does your work show development in one of more of the above?
Format edges
- How have the edges of the format been resolved? Remember, you usually need to balance opposite edges with one another. The work will look unbalanced if you have many more colour changes on one edge than on its opposite edge
Is there a” quite area”?
- Artworks can bet overpowering and confusing with too much information. The eye needs a place to settle in order to take in the whole of the artwork
Focal point
- Is there a focal point? Generally a focal point works better above the middle of the artwork – though not always.
What is the main emphasis of the work?
- Is it brushstroke / colour / shape / symbolism etc?
Obviously, there are many more reasons for an artwork not to work, but hopefully this will give you something to go on. Later we can look at other areas of problem solving for artists.
Colour Work with Children
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
Stain glass effects with cellophane
Working with the kids at Anima – A special needs school in Sandbaai has been amazing, and an experience that I am very grateful to have had.
Creating lights with cellophane and cardboard
WHY I USE THE COLOUR MIRRORS BOTTLES
Colour, like the body itself, works on a vibrational energy system, and in this manner, affects the body on a cellular level.
The colours chosen by the kids before the art class, relate on a vibrational level to whatever is is that each child is experiencing or dealing with in the moment. In the children’s case,where direct communication is often not possible or where they battle to make themselves understood, the colours do the communicating for them. In this way, the colours can help the staff get an even deeper understanding. The children choose colours that either work to heighten their successes or heal the areas where they are experiencing difficulties.
After spending some time with the colour mirror bottles, the children move onto other work with longer attention spans and a quietness that was not necessarily there before. This enables them to see the project through, however challenging. children that were not previously participating at all in art tasks are now doing so
Reaching over to get just the right colour
wonderful colour creations with the kids
BIRTH OF COLOUR CONNECTIONS
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009The birth of colour connections has evolved through a wonderful marriage of art and healing in my own life–
It feels like my life’s work through colour has finally come a full circle. My journey has taken me through dance, becoming an artist, teaching art and dance, to various healing techniques like reflexology and colour therapy.
LIQUID LIGHT
I have found that colour is related to everything we think and do, from our basic health, to how we feel about ourselves and our lives. We relate to colour on a physical, mental and spiritual level. Understanding colour allows us to understand ourselves, our emotions and even our tasks in this time on the planet Earth. It shows us what we need, what issues we are working through and what we are hiding from ourselves
We use it without thinking in how we decorate our homes, what we wear and what makes us feel good around us. When colour is brought into any form of healing, the body will respond on a cellular level.
Contact Shelley Adams for more information on the birth of colour connections.