Towards the end of his life, Matisse used letters in his wonderful cut-paper art. We will examine the context of his use of words and see how we can create something with a similar moodBottom centre and bottom right: Matisse's workMaggie felt that Matisse was best expressed in primary colours. It was incredible seeing how studying Matisse’s cutouts inspired such a variety of work. We began by anyalysing his work and looking at photos of him working. We considered his enormous scissors, the idea … [Read more...]
The Art of Adolf Bernd
Adolf Berndt combined crisp modern letter forms with decorative elements from illuminated initials. Using masking fluid and water colours the outcome was a fresh, very individualised result.We will study his artwork and techniques and work out a way of producing something inspired by this great artist and include touches of gold!The workshop began with analysing some of Bernd's magnificent decorated capital letters, his colour schemes and his techniques. Everyone began by doing two capital … [Read more...]
KIDS
This is an enormous mural which can be viewed from the mezzanine floor of the children's wing of the John Radcliffe Hospital. It took me a little while to see the lettering. As this photo has been pieced together from about twenty photos which I took from different angles there is some distortion. But you can get the general idea of what an amazing artwork this is. So many of the hospitals have inspiring art on the walls and in the hospital grounds these days. It is such a tribute to the … [Read more...]