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Magic Mystery Prompts
Magic Mystery Prompts
Areas of focus: figure/ground, repetition, unity, emphasis
Areas of focus: figure/ground, repetition, unity, emphasis
Goal: You will create a work of art through intentional and accidental mark-making. These marks will be directed by a series of prompts given in the directions below. While working through these, keep the principles of design at the front of your mind as you create your abstract or non-objective piece.
Materials:
-Paper (8"x10") or canvas (5"x7" minimum)
-Spillable liquids (does not need to be traditional, can be a beverage)
-Masking tape
-India Ink, cups, small brushes
-Selection of organic objects
-Oil Pastels
-White charcoal pencils or white colored pencils
Process:
Day 1:
- Tape the edges of your paper to create a border when removed at the end (not needed if using canvas).
- Spill your spillable liquid onto your paper. How you accomplish this is completely up to you!
- Place on the drying rack until next class. Use this time to finish another assignment or begin brainstorming for another. Every minute matters, make them count!
Day 2:
- Add 3 pieces of masking tape in a linear pattern to the surface of your paper. How you do so is up to you.
- Quickly select an organic object from around the room. Using India Ink and a thin brush create a 5-minute gesture drawing of the object. Try not to place your object directly in the middle of your paper.
- Turn your artwork. Create a second 5-minute gesture drawing on top of your existing drawing.
- Select 3 oil pastels. Trade one of your oil pastels with your neighbor. Take all of your oil pastels to your teacher.
- Use your oil pastels to make bold marks that define the positive and negative space.
- Using India Ink again, black out areas of your artwork to create emphasis and to direct the viewer's eye to the focal point. Hint: remember you can water down India Ink like watercolor for different intensities.
- Remove the three pieces of tape (leave the border tape still).
Day 3:
- Take 20 minutes to rework and refine any area of your composition. You may use any materials previously used to create your piece as well as while charcoal pencil or white colored pencil. An area that you may want to address could one that is too heavily blacked in. How could you rework this area with the materials you already have? How could you rework it to help your overall composition that was developed?
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