For your Class Project you will create an informative grid of patterns and textures. This is a beautiful piece in it’s own right. You could keep it in a sketchbook for reference, cut it up to make mini abstract paintings or make them into greetings cards and bookmarks.

For your class project, you will be creating a grid of 12 mini textural experiments.

What you’ll do:

First of all you will prepare your paper by creating a masking tape grid.
Then you will make up two ‘puddles’ of paint
Then you will begin experimenting with the ‘magic’ ingredients.

You will need:

Watercolour paper, 140lb or heavier

A pencil an ruler

Masking or Washi tape

Watercolour paint, two favourite colours are a good combination.

A large watercolour brush, I used a size 8 round

Water

A small dish, palette or lid to mix your paint in

To experiment with:

Salt, table & Course

Rice

Cous cous or pasta

Cling film or plastic wrap

Foil

Baking parchment or greaseproof paper

Bubblewrap

String or thread

A piece of sponge

Thin washi tape or masking tape

These items are not set in stone. Feel free to experiment with what you have available.

Here are some other things I have experimented with;

masking fluid, wax candle, wax crayon, Chinagraph pencil, ferns & grasses, chain, buttons, spools, coins, the edge of a store card, bandage, lace, netting and even an old toothbrush.

Share your artwork

It will be wonderful to see what you create. Please take a photo and upload your pieces onto ‘Your Projects’ so we can enjoy and be inspired by your work. Don’t forget, if you have any questions I’m here to help.

Kim Slayhalasz

--

1