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Painting ProjectPainting Project
This project starts with a series of demonstrations and short tasks which are intended to give you an induction into basic painting techniques. You MUST have paints and brushes to complete this brief. The basic set that came with your starting kit will be enough. Those without a kit should acquire some acrylic paints : see Julie for details of colours.

Task 1 : a strip of tonal patches. Choose one colour and make ten tints .
Task 2 : Choose two colours and make ten graded steps between them.
Task 3 : Make a 6" square composition using soft and gentle marks in cool colours.
Task 4 : Make a 6" square composition using ha
Holiday workHoliday Work

Now that you have decided to join the intermediate art and design course at Furness College, you need to start keeping a sketchbook, reading reviews of exhibitions, watching and listening to programmes about art, and of course visiting museums and galleries.
As a start, buy an A4 spiral-bound sketchbook and complete a page EVERY DAY. Sometimes the drawings may take a few hours, sometimes only a few minutes, the important thing is to acquire the habit of working in your sketchbook every day. Here is a list of  SUGGESTED subjects and materials; you should try working in different materials, and on a variety of different subjects.
Belt DesignFashion/Textiles

Assignment:  Belt Design

Explore various designs and materials and develop them into at least one finished belt design
Suggested Materials:

Think about recyclable materials, old leather jackets, buckles, jeans
Shells, wood, string, rope, buttons, sequins, embroidery

Research:  Perhaps your belt has an historical theme

Look at History of Costume books - , town library Look at Indian, African, Egyptian etc cultures

What other uses do belts have?

Money belt, equipment belts, gun, bullets, sword, hammer Sports belt, judo, weight lifter, climbing belt, boxer etc

Requirements: For completion of project

At least one finis
TypographyGraphics / lettering / typography
This brief is concerned with the relationship between lettering and image.
Outline of brief:
Choose one of the following titles and develop an image which forms PART of the text. Your finished piece should not be a picture with a label, or vice versa lettering with an illustration, but any graphics should be an integral part of the lettering.

*    Partnership
*    Millenium
*    Crossover
*    Confrontation
*    The Legend
*    Gender Politics

Do not think that graphics has to be dull or flat, although the final form will be a printed image , the 'art work' can be in any medium and even three dimen
Printprint
Consider the nature of the natural/man-made binary opposition, consider the subject and your position on it. Research the subject thoroughly and make plans, sketches, preparatory drawings, photographs notes as appropriate, and develop these into a print or series of prints in any print technique or combination of techniques.
Where you feel unsure about technical aspects of printmaking seek advice and help from staff. Discuss your ideas at an early stage and continue to discuss your work and development throughout the brief.
Minimum requirements of the brief:

work which shows your research and preparation
a print or series of prints
MasksAssignment: Masks
Design and make a mask that can be worn    A mask enables the wearer to take on a new persona!

Research:

Different cultures throughout the world have made masks for Celebrations - religions and pagan rituals, to ward off evil spirits and for self defence
They can inspire sympathy or terror, others can be smiling, comic or verging on caricature
Search through books - library, magazines and newspapers to collect your ideas

Materials:

Use anything you can find - fabric, card/papers, wood, bones, shells, string, feathers, twigs, wire, plastics, metal etc

Requirements:

Workbook filled with plenty of s

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*analillithbar Sep 27, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Love the glimps into the most important corner of your world.
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Mood: Joy ~Colin-Bentham Sep 27, 2011  Professional General Artist
hehe. thanks. I practically live there lol. I should have taken the photo last week as I still had the spare bed in there :)
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Mood: Joy *analillithbar Sep 28, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
I love painting till I drop. My "studio" and bed are in my livingroom, so I understand completely.
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Mood: Joy ~Colin-Bentham Sep 28, 2011  Professional General Artist
mind you. now i have moved the ed out of the studio. theres more storage space for me to do some more work. I need to get my finger out lol. :_
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*analillithbar Sep 28, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Guess you'll just have to make a pallette of tarps when you paint till you can't climb the stairs to bed. :D
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Mood: Joy ~Colin-Bentham Sep 28, 2011  Professional General Artist
yea. just sleep on wet paint lol :)
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*analillithbar Sep 28, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Sounds like a good base for an abstract. Be awesome to wake up and find you had painted a whole piece in your sleep.
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Mood: Joy ~Colin-Bentham Sep 29, 2011  Professional General Artist
thar wouldn't surprise me if i did. I get up to all sorts in my sleep. :)
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