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How to create a simple monoprint.

Follow this simple video to learn how to create simple monoprints at home.

For this activity you will need : paper (any size or colour), printing ink or paint, a printing roller, a tray in which to put your ink to apply it to your roller, a sheet of plastic/glass or laminated piece of paper as big as your paper and a pencil.

How to use colour theory to create your own version of Alma Thomas’ A Fantastic Sunset

For this ‘How to’ video you will need a medium paintbrush (preferably with a square end) red, blue, yellow and white paint, a piece of white paper (any size), a palette, some water, a pencil and something round to draw around (such as a glass).

How to create a rainy day painting using oil pastel resist.

Oil and water don’t mix so when we make marks with oil pastels and paint over them with watery paint they show through. This is because the oil in the pastels repels or ‘resists’ the water. This technique has been used by many great artists including the incredible Henry Moore, one of my favourites! For this you will need thick white paper ( any size) - it needs to be thick so that it can cope with being soggy!, watercolour paints, a paint brush, water, a white oil pastel or wax crayon, a ruler and something to cover your surface as it can get quite messy!!

How to create your own version of a Sonia Delaunay design.

For this ‘How to’ you will need a thick piece of white A4 paper, a pencil, a ruler, some oil pastels, some cotton wool buds, a small amount of oil (baby oil or any cooking oil will do), three round objects to draw around and some newspaper or something similar to protect the surface you are working on..

How to create a foil print inspired by Paul Klee’s fish.

Paul Klee was a Swiss-born German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism.
Klee is particularly known for his simple stick figures, suspended fish, moon faces, eyes, arrows, and quilts of colour.

For this activity you will need a piece of thick foil ( the bottom of a foil food tray is perfect), some printing ink or paint, a roller, a tray to roll your ink on to your roller , a pencil or biro, scissors and paper ( any colour). If you haven’t got printing ink paint is absolutely fine to use for this and if you haven’t got a roller to apply the ink to your foil you can use a washing up sponge instead. To press your paper on to your foil you don’t need a roller you can use a rolling pin, the back of a wooden spoon or your hand. This process of drawing into the foil is so wonderful. It’s incredibly satisfying and wonderfully fun to do. The Paul Klee painting I used as inspiration is called Fish Magic! What a great title!

How to create an artwork in the style of Howardena Pindell.

Howardena Pindell, now 77 years old, is a New York–based artist with a career that spans five decades., Her work features figurative paintings, pure abstraction, and conceptual works, as well as personal and political art that emerged in the aftermath of a life-threatening car accident in 1979.
She trained as a painter, before becoming a curator at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Pindell has challenged the staid traditions of the art world and asserted her place in its history as a woman and one of African descent. Since the 1960s, she has used materials such as glitter, talcum powder, and perfume to stretch the boundaries of the rigid tradition of rectangular, canvas painting. For this activity you will need various scraps of coloured paper ( old wallpaper, bits cut out of magazines, pieces of painted paper etc), scissors, a glue stick or pva, a pencil, a sheet of white paper and various round objects to draw around. I really hope you enjoy this video. This activity is so open ended I really enjoyed it. It’s really absorbing arranging all the joyous dots of colour, like creating a happy colour cloud!!