Friday, 23 July 2015

If you have been following the progress of our summer outdoor painting courses in South Park Gardens, Wimbledon led by painter Matthew Krishanu take a look at the final day of Course II below.

We began the morning with some drawing exercises. The children were very focussed and were encouraged to look closely at their surroundings by drawing with one continuous line and with the hand they don't normally draw with.

We then did some large scale charcoal studies using both edges of a charcoal stick and kneedable putty rubbers to draw into smudged charcoal.

We then foraged for sticks once more and used them to make our own large scale drawing implements.

We then used yesterday's large collaborative painting to draw into, experimenting with layers and mark making. The larger implements made us use our bodies more to make drawings. Different implements made us experiment in new ways.

Matthew then taught us techniques for working on calico with oil pastel and watered down acrylic paint. Dabbing off the paint where the oil pastel had been, created new effects.

We then made our own painted calico squares with a decorative border.

As we finished we began to work on a larger collaborative calico square. Oops...that might have been why we got so messy!

After lunch we were each given a canvas board. We were encouraged to use all the techniques learnt to make a final painting using our surroundings and imaginations for inspiration. You can see how the works built up over the afternoon.

Here you can see experimentation with drippy paint and mixing grass into the paint.

The children sat in small groups chatting and painting. They seemed very relaxed and happy.