MOA - Māpura Online Artists

WE SUPPLY

VISUAL DIARY A3

WATERCOLOUR SET

CRETACOLOR PASTEL STICK

PENCIL 4B  

PENCIL SHARPENER

ERASER

CLAY

GLUE STICK  

PAINT BRUSHES

SILICONE GLOVES

STRING/ WOOL

CLAY TOOLS

COLLAGE PAPER

STRETCHY FABRIC

YOU SUPPLY

(Please let us know if you can’t source any of these things - no problem: we will supply!)

Scissors

Any kind of tape: masking, sellotape, packing tape

Chopsticks, forks, spoons (for clay)

Rags (cotton is best)

Plastic container (for water)

Old plate (for use as a palette)

Used magazines for collage

Materials from nature (later on in the programme)

Sessions

 The creative direction of the group will be influenced by ideas as they arise in the session: so the programme will be designed week by week after the first few sessions. This makes the programme living and responsive to the discoveries made by the group in each session. Formal art properties will continue to anchor each session. The tutor will post a plan for the following week after each session.

There will be independent study to further explore the ideas covered in the session, and to share with everyone when we next meet.

SESSION 1

MAKING A MARK – DOTS AND DASHES (circles and lines)

We consider line pressure and line density. And hue and scale.

We’ll explore mark-making using simple motifs to build a complex picture. We’ll record our mahi collaboratively and find points of connection between the artworks of the artists. Thinking about hue and scale we’ll paint a 2D composition with elements from the drawings we have made.

SESSION 2

PRINTING WITH CLAY

We consider pattern making and printing. And colour temperature.

We’ll design a pattern from the marks and motifs we have gathered. The designs will be printed using clay and further decorated on the page.

SESSION 3

VALUES AND LIGHT

SESSION 4

SHAPE, SILHOUETTE AND COLLAGE

SESSIONS 5 – 10

To be designed in response to the discoveries and mahi of each prior session.

SESSION 5

COLOUR TEMPERATURE AND DEPTH OF FIELD

We will explore tilting the planes of the image so that we move from skating across the surface towards creating an illusion of depth and enter the internal space of the image. We will look at atmospheric perspective and colour temperature to explore these ideas.

SESSION 6
THE OBJECT

We will explore 3D work using paper. We’ll design then construct a form from paper then consider the surface treatment of the form.  

SESSION 7
3D ADVENTURES

We will use clay to explore 3D mark-making and found objects to explore assemblage.  

SESSION 8
FOREGROUND & BACKGROUND

We continue to explore depth of field. We will combine 2D and 3D elements making an assemblage figure and placing it before a painted panoramic backdrop.

SESSION 9
COSTUME DESIGN

We will apply our experiments with colour temperature, shape and texture to the costume. We’ll explore shape with the silhouette. And express the character of the figure with these properties in 2D design. 

SESSION 10
FIGURE AND GROUND

We will explore the figure and the ground. Using watercolour in our workbooks we will be placing figures: abstract or representational, in front of backgrounds: abstract or representational. We will use some of the properties we’ve played with so far: colour temperature, directional line and scale, to establish the depth of field of the image. Sounds complicated but it is all stuff we have done. We’ll do one step at a time and invent along the way. 

SESSION 11
LIGHT SOURCE AND THE SHADOW

We’ll place the figure in the ground by establishing the light source/s of the image and its effect on elements of the image. The emphasis will shift now to considering values.