Saturday 23 October 2010

Ideas: Wax sculpture

Science and art - How to make a wax model, with Eleanor Crook - Wellcome Collection

In this video Eleanor Crook shows us how to make a realistic sculpture of a head using a soft modelling wax

Friday 22 October 2010

Artist: Frida Kahlo



A tribute to Frida Kahlo through photos

Artist: Frida Kahlo



A collection of Frida Kahlo's work, famous quotes and photographs

Observational drawing: hand



When applying tone I used curved pencil lines to make the hand look rounded. Straight lines make an object look flat.

Tuesday 19 October 2010

Artist: Francis Bacon



Walking into an artist's studio is like 'walking into the artist's head'

This video clip, advertising an exhibition held in Dublin last year, shows the studio of Francis Bacon, one of Britain's most popular and successful modern painters.

Look at the way he crumpled and tore photos to inspire his paintings.

Monday 18 October 2010

Workshop: How to paint a fluffy white cloud in acrylics



Clearly demonstrated



Workshop: How to blend a blue sky in acrylics.



Clearly demonstrated


News: Ai Weiwei's Sunflower seeds at the Tate



This installation by Ai Weiwei is the latest in the Unilever series at The Tate Modern. A team of 1600 people in China produced 100 million of these sunflower seeds using porcelain and painting them by hand.

It was intended that the work should be interactive, with visitors free to walk on the porcelain seeds. Unfortunately the dust from the seeds proved to be a health and safety hazard so now the work can only be viewed and not touched.

The installation will remain at the Tate until 2nd May 2011

Workshop: Teesha Moore's Amazing 16 Page Journal Part 2 of 2



This is the second part of Teesha Moore's video on how to make a journal [watch part 1 first]

If you like the look of her journals take a look at her other workshops on YouTube. She uses collage and lettering in a really interesting way.

Workshop: Teesha Moore's Amazing 16 Page Journal Part 1 of 2



Teesha Moore is an American artist who produces volumes of art journals. In this video clip she demonstrates how you can make your own journal from one large sheet of paper. Feel free to use any type of paper [watercolour paper is good] and make it any size.

Don't forget to watch the second part of this video which shows you how to stitch the journal together.

Sunday 17 October 2010

Ideas: Soap sculptures



An easy and inexpensive way to make small scale sculpture at home.

You will need:
1. A bar of soap
2. A sharp point [like a needle or compass] to lightly scratch on your design
3. A teaspoon to scrape away large areas of soap
4. A small flat screwdriver to scrape away smaller areas of soap. [A metal nail file could also be used here - improvise!]
As soap is soft you do not need to use knives or other potentially dangerous equipment.

Friday 15 October 2010

Ideas: Making sculpture from paper



Consider ways you can make sculpture from paper:
fold it
curl it
tear it
cut it
shred it
roll it
twist it
glue it