I've been teaching a couple of classes at ArtisTree in Woodstock this term. In mixed media class we played around with templates and quotations, creating designs similar to the two examples I put together below, creating a "path" for the words. The first is a quote from Alexander Calder....
"I Paint with Shapes"
9" x 12" - mixed media
The second example utilizes the same materials: soft pencil on gessoed paper using shape templates and masking tape and a variety of shading and line to create good contrast between dark and light....
"Art Consists in Drawing the Line Somewhere"
8 1/2" x 11" - mixed media
It's fun playing with new and familiar materials, using them in different ways....
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