Post date: Sep 01, 2015 9:34:41 PM
If you feel like you're always using the same media and techniques (for example, a lot of your artworks are created using paints and/or pencil) then use this list to help you experiment with something different. Let me know if I've missed anything!!
Use a range of drawing materials, such as:
pencils or pens
chalk
felt-tip pens
charcoal
coloured pencils
‘Aquarel’ pencils
crayons
oil pastels
oil sticks
chalk pastels
Indian ink
Use specific techniques, including:
layering and blending
limited colour range
crayon and dye, or pastel and dye
crayon or pastel sgraffito
crayon or dye and Indian ink
crayon batik.
Use a range of the following:
paints – such as tempera, acrylic, watercolour, dye, oil, acrylic with oil glaze;
painting tools – such as brushes, palette knife, card, sponges, rollers;
painting surfaces – such as paper, card, wallpaper, canvas, hardboard, 3D forms, collage;
styles – such as impressionist, pointillism, cubist;
genres – such as still-life, portraiture, landscape, abstract;
techniques – such as blending, under-painting, dry-brush work, over-painting, detailing, limited palette.
Use a range of the following:
stamps
leaves
polystyrene or ball-point pen
PVA glue and string
monoprints
card or collage relief
screen prints
lino or wood cuts – single colour and multi-coloured
bamboo and 'Perspex' etching
repeated patterns – such as tapa, fabric design, and border patterns
marbling.
Use a range of papers, including:
torn paper
cut paper
magazine pages
made papers
commercial papers
tissues
corrugated card.
Use other materials, such as:
natural materials – for example, leaves, bark, feathers;
fabric.
Use different techniques, including:
flat collage
relief (raised) pictures
mosaic
Glued, sewn, stapled together.
Weaving options:
paper
card/frame looms
range of fibres, such as flax, wool, raffia
Stitchery options:
simple embroidered stitches
sewn collage
appliqué.
Fabric treatment options:
painting and drawing onto fabric
batik
printing onto fabric – for example, block prints and screen prints
dyeing fabric
soft sculpture
wearable arts
paper making
Dough and clay options:
relief tiles;
three-dimensional (3D) models/sculptures;
pinch pots, coiled work, slabs;
finishing techniques – for example, oxidising and glazing;
firing.
Carving materials:
clay
wood
bone
plaster
Papier maché options:
paper strips
paper pulp
relief
applied over 3D armatures.
Casting:
plaster.
Materials options:
flat and rolled paper
plain and corrugated card
used boxes
wood
wire
canvas
cane
junk/found items (Recycled Art)
natural materials (Land Art)
Time-based and sequential art: stop motion, animation, graphic novel, storyboard
Lens media: still (photography), moving (video), montage
Digital/Screen based: vector graphics, software generated, GIFs.
Tools
Toys
Jewellery
Books
Container
Furniture