Each table had a pod of
people(either 3 or 4) and supplies to share for the pod. Each pod was given a
limited palette to work with. Our table got lime green, and turquoise blue as
well as black and white. ’
The first thing we all did
was apply gesso to a piece of watercolor paper that was 12 x 6, a smaller 6 x 6
piece and a piece of illustration board that was 9 x 12. Those three pieces
would be the basis for our three finished projects so they had to have time to
dry while we were making more papers.
Next was to do 3 minute
drawings(paintings with our colors and India Ink). We did two large, about 20 x
24 in size and one smaller about 9 x 12.
Another fun project was using
long wooden dowels with leaves, strings and rubber bands attached to the ends. Each
stick had a different thing attached. We got three more pieces of
paper and a plate of very liquid paint to dip into and scribble around on our
papers. Every couple of minutes we had to pass our stick to the person on
the left so that we could try out each type of texture on our papers.
After all the prep we began
to assemble our pieces by ripping our papers up and gluing them on our three
gessoed papers. We could add acrylic paint, pastel pencils, pastel
sticks, ink, and pan pastels. There were stencils to use and we tried
some transfers.
It was a great day! Here are my three original finished
projects after I added some marks and lines when I got home and everything had
dried.
Happy Paint Party Friday, and have a great week.