Day 3 my artists were given the chance to let their hair down a bit and express themselves in an imaginative and creative way. Using color pencils (either wax or aquarelle or both) they were asked to use an insect(s) of their choice as a base. Photos were supplied for reference, and mobile phone use for further information was allowed.
The day resulted in some amazing and creative creations, bugs varied from floral concoctions to engineering to cooking themes to make up their insects! The students are still working on their concepts, but here is a selection of works in progress.
Florals, beads and ballet shoes with gauze wings make up this cicada in progress
This scary spider head and legs will fade off into soft, beautiful butterfly wings
Graters, whisks, teacups, spoons and other cooking implements are used in the creation of this dragonfly.
The mining industry is the theme for this dragonfly. I particularly love how the artist has used earth strata formations to form the thorax of the insect.
And of course, students continued with various studies of tone, hue, textures and forms:
Today we will return to more traditional and realistic drawing using a Red Backed Fairy Wren as our subject. Time to learn how to draw black without resorting to the black pencil! Exciting!
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