The assignment involved sticking anything onto then end of a bit of willow to form an "unconventional painter's tool". An exercise to just open ourselves into looking at everyday things in a different light and learning to experiment with new ways to achieve and artistic, creative response.
So, here come the "unconventional painter's tool"s:
Using each of these "menu of marks", we were then left to experiment the utilisation of each tool in drawing one of our tools:
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| Messy desk. |
Now we move onto longer brush strokes (oh ho getting advanced, are we?):
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| I chose to use the paper towel and teabag, as the two seemed to hold up well after a lot of use that morning. |
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| ... the teabag exploded after this piece though. |
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| Paper towel and wide piece of ginger. |
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| Donna from class had a plethora of items to use. Quite amazing really, there was a funny shaped carrot involved. |
So, after struggling with tools made of unconventional items (which I'm sure they're "unconventional" for a VERY good reason, but none the less interesting and fun to use), the whole tutorial culminated in some nice ink paintings:
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| bustlin' and beautiful. |
8 of the 13 brushes still survive... barely. I'll spare you the "gore".
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