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Art & Design day 1

Materials

Pencils
Paper
Graphite
Acrylic paint
Ink
Acetate
Cartridge paper

Process

The first thing we done for the art carousel was mark making. We had a dozen pieces of paper and each time the teacher would give us a feeling to draw for example we had to draw anger. She then played music and told us to draw the music which was the most difficult part. The types of music that was played were rock and classical.
After that we put some of our best drawings onto an A2 piece of paper and made a collage Experimenting with acrylic paint, Charcoal and graphite.

In the Afternoon we done some mono printing using different paper based materials that had indents in them which meant that we could create some cool effects. 
After preparing the materials that we needed, We used a roller to cover the material in ink. Once that was done we put the materials through a press on top of some cartridge paper.
The result showed the inked pattern on the paper.

Technical Skills 

The skills i learnt from the first day was how to do mark making, and also how to do prints.  
A specific skill i have learnt from the mark making was that in order to make your drawings more interesting its good to put different amounts of pressure on the pencil as you concert soft lines swell as very bold lines.


Check sketchbook for art and design drawings.

Art & Design day 2

Process

For the second day we took the A2 collage we had made on the first day and cut into it and folded it to create a sculpture. I started off by folding the paper down until it was a quarter of the original size. I then proceeded to cut triangles and other shapes into the paper. The outcome was pretty cool. After that the teacher told us to place are structure's onto different objects and photograph them. This is my paper structure on top of a manikin head. I think that this makes the manikin stand out and look abstract.



Technical Skills

The skills that i have learnt from the second day of the art carousel is that when you are folding your paper you need to make sure the lines are dead straight otherwise the paper will crease and it wont look any good.









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