Mixed Media Cubist Masks

Materials:

Cardboard 

Boxcutter knife

PVA glue

Scissors

Oil Pastels

Chalk Pastels

Posca pens

Paintbrushes

For this class, I pre-cut the cardboard into random cubist-inspired face shapes, eyes, ear curves, triangles, circles, and squares. 

In the class we discussed Picasso's approach to depicting the face from different angles, and then had a go at arranging face details before gluing them in place with PVA and paintbrushes. As the glue dried, students added patches of colour on the face base and then on the facial features themselves, using oil/chalk pastels and Posca pens. 

The results are colourful and textured!

Mask Class

It was our first day back at Springwood Art Class today, and we kicked off the term with a fun mask making activity. 
Each design is so unique - I love the colour combination and patterns everyone came up with! 

Minecraft @ Katoomba Library

Here are some images from today's Minecraft Workshop at Katoomba Library. We made Minecraft heads to wear, as well as paper blocks (diamonds, grass and chests) and cardboard pickaxes. I didn't get a chance to take a photo of everyone's work - so apologies if your Minecraft head isn't here. I hope everyone enjoys the last bit of the school holidays!

Minecraft heads:

*For these I bought cardboard mail package boxes from Officeworks

*We used coloured paper, scissors and glue-sticks to create the character designs

*I had a Stanley knife to cut square eyeholes for those who wanted them

Diamond swords and pickaxes:

*I printed two sword or pickaxe designs on thin card board

*Children cut the two symmetrical designs out, taped popsicle sticks inside for strength, and then glued the two pieces together. 

Papercraft:

*I printed off a few different paper craft cubes out (chest, dirt/grass block, diamond block) and kids cut and taped (or glued) them together. 

African Animal Masks

A library full of jungle animals? That’s what happened yesterday! Some were fierce, some were sweet, some were cheeky and some were funny!

All made using coloured electrical tape, texts and crayons (with elastic and twine to hold the masks on). The cardboard mask shapes can be bought from Cleverpatch.