The second banner began at the Lincoln City Indoor Kite Festival. What an amazing art form!
The kids filled their sketch pads with drawings of the kites and people. They were very focused, attentively sketching for over an hour. 
We enjoyed seeing the range of performers. 
Awesome drawings!
Many of the kids were drawing this man who was dressed as a jester, so we were delighted when he agreed to pose for us, before performing a kite flying routine of his own!
After we had all filled our sketchbooks with ideas, we returned to the classroom at Taft to design the banner. As a group, we voted on a layout that incorporated people at the bottom and a sky full of kites. With their sketches as a reference, the kids drew the overall design for the final banner.
The drawings were wonderful and full of energy! By the end of the first workshop, we had created the overall design for the kite banner!
In between workshops, Annamieka brought the design home and outlined it on the final piece of silk. She also laid down a line of waterbased gutta resist over each black outline that would help to contain the silk paints. 
The outlined design, ready to be painted.
The second workshop was all about painting the banner. The group started by identifying their own drawings, and adopted a strategy for painting the enormous surface. Objects in the center were painted first, and several students teamed up on intricate areas.
Closeups of the painting process. Note how the thin silk paint is contained within the outlined areas.
Parent Kelly helping with kite detail. At this point, all the objects within the design were colored in.
Students had fun playing beneath the silk.
Awesome drawings!
Many of the kids were drawing this man who was dressed as a jester, so we were delighted when he agreed to pose for us, before performing a kite flying routine of his own!
After we had all filled our sketchbooks with ideas, we returned to the classroom at Taft to design the banner. As a group, we voted on a layout that incorporated people at the bottom and a sky full of kites. With their sketches as a reference, the kids drew the overall design for the final banner.
The drawings were wonderful and full of energy! By the end of the first workshop, we had created the overall design for the kite banner!
In between workshops, Annamieka brought the design home and outlined it on the final piece of silk. She also laid down a line of waterbased gutta resist over each black outline that would help to contain the silk paints. 
The outlined design, ready to be painted.
The second workshop was all about painting the banner. The group started by identifying their own drawings, and adopted a strategy for painting the enormous surface. Objects in the center were painted first, and several students teamed up on intricate areas.
Closeups of the painting process. Note how the thin silk paint is contained within the outlined areas.
Parent Kelly helping with kite detail. At this point, all the objects within the design were colored in. 
Students had fun playing beneath the silk.
The all-important step of signing the artwork!
Group shot with our masterpiece!
Big thanks to my amazing helpers! Kaline, from Let There Be Arts
Kate!
Kelly!
Peter!
and Dan!
No comments:
Post a Comment